In the middle of the republic: a one thousand square kilometer green area. Sheep guard the borders. A cultivated wilderness, a piece of forestry, a local recreational area for birds of all sorts. Some seek refuge from the city, others have always been living here. The microphone wanders through the underbrush. In their audio piece, the authors Micha Kranixfeld and Mara May encounter persons giving an account of the naturalness of queer landscapes away from the cities. They guide the listeners through peripheries with which they live. Documentary and fictional elements chase each other through the bushes. The forest sounds like always, it sounds like never before.

The audience listens to the audio piece via headphones in the Neustadtswallanlagen. The compositions by Hauptmeier | Recker make the enclosed nature of the park grow acoustically wild. Afterwards, the artists invite the audience to a discussion with schnapps and experts on queer life in Germany’s rural spaces.