Banquets were an integral part of social and political practice in ancient Greece. In a strictly defined ritualised sequence that included ritual acts, music, dance and speeches, the participants - exclusively men - indulged in intoxication over the course of the evening. Plato's "Symposion" reports on the course of a banquet held in honour of the god Eros, in which various concepts and views of love were presented and discussed by the participants.

Based on Plato's writing, GASTMAHL attempts a reinterpretation of this social practice and the issues discussed in it. In a feminist ritual, it creates communal utopias through singing, dancing, drinking and discussing together and proclaims a new age of love.

Banquets were an integral part of social and political practice in ancient Greece. In a strictly defined ritualised sequence that included ritual acts, music, dance and speeches, the participants - exclusively men - indulged in intoxication over the course of the evening. Plato's "Symposion" reports on the course of a banquet held in honour of the god Eros, in which various concepts and views of love were presented and discussed by the participants.

Based on Plato's writing, GASTMAHL attempts a reinterpretation of this social practice and the issues discussed in it. In a feminist ritual, it creates communal utopias through singing, dancing, drinking and discussing together and proclaims a new age of love.

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𝙱𝚈 & 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷: ​ 𝙴𝚕𝚕𝚒 𝙽𝚎𝚞𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝 [𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝, 𝙳𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐]; 𝚁𝚊𝚕𝚙𝚑 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕 [𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍]; 𝙹𝚊𝚔𝚘𝚋 𝙱𝚘𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚑 [𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎], 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚛 [𝙲𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎]; 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗 𝙼ü𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛-𝙳𝚘𝚑𝚕𝚎 [𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚢]; 𝚂𝚞𝚊 𝙹𝚘, 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚜-𝙾'𝚃𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚎, 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚢𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙻𝚎𝚎 [𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝙲𝚘-𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗]; 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊, 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚊 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚊 [𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝙲𝚘-𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗].

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