CROSS THE BORDER - CLOSE THE GAP!

The former smelting works in Duisburg-Meiderich was a hotpot of steam, noise, bustle and fire. A thunderously modern hub of energy releasing its power in the form of red-hot, glowing discharges of raw iron. The one-time, enormous smelting site is a location destined for a festival that fires up, melts and compresses a spectacularly diverse array of elements and tones from contemporary music.

Traumzeit is a voyage of discovery to a vast realm of tones, melodies, songs and experiments. A journey set in-scene on the bizarre backdrop of steel constructions, kettles, pipes and chimneys, and given a wildly futuristic appearance at night with the breathtaking lighting scenes of the English artist Jonathan Park.

Music for both: sound and vision. The festival fills the industrial landscape spanning more than 200 hectares with sound, light and video animations. The new, old production facilities have been given the names Kraftzentrale, Giesshalle, Geblaesehalle, Pumpenhalle and stage at Gasometer. These are the locations for hypnotically pulsing music, energy and life. A new form of production in Duisburg-Meiderich is hereby recommenced.