© Juha Hansen
THE STAFF YOUR DREAMS ARE MADE OF
multi channel film installation | Germany | 30 min | colour | HD | stereo | 2023
in Englisch and Tagalog with optionally German or Italian subtitles
SYNOPSIS
Cruises are booming! It is the fastest growing tourism industry in the world, and Hamburg is a global player in the cruise industry. In 2022, more than 24 million passengers cruised the oceans on luxury ships worldwide, generating revenue of over 25 billion euros. This is made possible by cheap labor who keep the ship running eight to twelve hours a day for nine months at a time. The performative film installation THE STAFF YOUR DREAMS ARE MADE OF invites the audience into the otherwise inaccessible world below the deck of the giant ships. In the replica of a staff cabin, five Filipino crew members remember their often bizarre lives on board and ask the question of who is allowed to dream.
THE STAFF YOUR DREAMS ARE MADE OF is the second part of a trilogy about the realities of life and working conditions on the high seas by the German-Italian artist duo TÒ SU.
CREDITS
experts/performers MARIA ANTIGUA, MANOLET CASTILLO, VANESSA FAUVEL, GADIE SANTOS, MARY GRACE WESCH
concept, image, space & editing TÒ SU | MARTINA MAHLKNECHT & MARTIN PRINOTH
music soundscape POSE DIA, KONSTANTIN BESSONOV
costume GIANNA-SOPHIA WEISE
voide / audio description CAROLIN JÜNGST
technical supervision LUCA KOWALINSKI
sound recording STEFFEN REIL
dramaturgical advice JAN EICHBERG, ANNA TEUWEN
stage construction TILL MARIA RICHTER
producing & public relations STÜCKLIESEL
thanks to GERRIT FROHNE-BRINKMANN, LILLI THALGOTT
SHOWS
> season opening 2023/24 Kampnagel Hamburg, Germany
> International venue at Konträr Stockholm, 2025 Sweden
> Zones Portuaires, Galata Museo del Mare Genova, 2025 Italy
> MARKK, Museum am Rothenbaum. Kulturen und Künste der Welt Hamburg, 2025 Germany
> KAMPNAGEL PODCAST
SUPPORTERS
The Staff Your Dreams Are Made Of is a production by TÒ SU in co-production with Kampnagel Hamburg kindly supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media within the framework of NEUSTART KULTUR, the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung and the Bezirksamt Nord.
