Christoph Maria Schlingensief was a German theatre director, performance artist, and filmmaker. Starting as an independent underground filmmaker, Schlingensief later staged productions for theatres and festivals, often accompanied by public controversies. In the final years before his death, he staged Wagner's Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival and worked at several opera houses, establishing himself as a Regietheater artist.
Schlingensief in October 2009
Schlingensief at the 2009 Berlinale reception, with his partner Aino Laberenz [de] (right), Alice Waters and Gaston Kaboré
Schlingensief speaking at the Deutschlandsuche 99 performance in front of the Volksbühne, 1999
Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen. The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
View over Oberhausen
Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof
Gasometer
Courthouse