Christmas time is said to be the most wonderful time of the year – and RE:ACT celebrated it with a day full of art, workshops and music.

Musician and learning expert Lotta Krickel provided the beginning of our Christmas Event with her inspiring presentation about the human brain and our ability to think, process and learn and therefore laid the foundations of what was needed for the subsequent 3 workshops.

Opening up with the Christmas Card Workshop conducted by Yorgos and family, participants were handcrafting christmas cards for their loved ones using a variety of tools, decorations and patterns.

Fine Artists Lukas Köllner and Nadine Hendelkens lead through their Zine Collage Workshop, reviving the flair of past decades in human history: The participants chose from a huge selection of magazines dating back to different time periods, and created their own tiny collage booklets.

AI-artist Denis Kontrec showcased his art which is a combination between human and AI-generated imagery. He explained the origin of his exhibited work and the functionality of AI and gave detailed information about the endless possibilities artificial intelligence offers to artists and how as a tool it can enrich anyones experimental mindset.

With RE:ACT the Düsseldorf Lyric Opera collaborated on the Christmas event in KÖ 106. They performed a moderated Christmas Concert with arias/songs and duets of opera, operetta, artsong, oratorio and Christmas song and involved the whole plays with scenary and in costumes.

Düsseldorf Lyric Opera e. V. ist an opera ensemble based in Düsseldorf and with Julia Coulmas as Leader. They are supporting freelance artists and providing assistance for projects, workshops, master classes, concerts and full operas with piano or reduced orchestra, and bring the art of music and opera to a wide range of people. In many various venues they took place for example Jazzschmiede or the historic boat Rheinprinzessin.

As a closure to this event our two DJs and sound artists Nina Sativa and Riad Nassar opened up the dance floor providing two hours of exhilarating electronic music.

Artists and supporters of this event: Giorgo Siniaris, Lukas Köllner, Nadine Hendelkens, Denis Kontrec, Riad Nassar, Nina Sativa, Thomas Huy (Bassbariton), Ekaterina Somicheva (Sopran), Mechthild Krahmer (Sopran), Frank Schnitzler (Tenor), Jason Tran (Bariton), Stephan Lux (Piano)

Team: Giorgo Siniaris, Catalina Guzmán, Robin Merz, Thomas Huy, Anastasia Pris

Date and location: 14th of december 2023 from 12pm till 12am at Kunstraum Kö 106, Düsseldorf