Gala HBF 2022 ZOB Zum Eros

The railway station serves as the terminal from which we depart and to which we arrive: the liminal space between where we are going and where we have been filled with consumerist waypoints for pulp fiction, fast coffee, and fashion accessories. Our physical journey rarely stops when we arrive as our gaze is diverted towards information boards for the next transfer as we look for connections or other modes of transport, or even simply heading out on foot heading making our way towards territories of familiar unfamiliarity, but what if the journey continued without leaving the terminus? Can we still conjure up the sense of advancement and travel while remaining fixed to the station’s specific set of geographical coordinates? The Ornamenta Gala asked its audience to take a moment to pause and reflect, using the immediate space of Pforzheim Hbf to become a window to other subjectivities that transport those that give over to the idea of going nowhere while being somewhere. Colophon: Gala Venues: DB Station&Service AG, Vivo Bar Food truck: La Signora, Catering: Comedia, Vivarepas, Panificio S. Calogero, Snack Insects, Eksi’s Motivtorten Printing: Druck+Medien Pforzheim Banners and Fencing: Technische Dienste Stadt Pforzheim Hair and Make-up: Friseur barbers – Stephan Hochstein & Andreas Klug GbR Gala Backstage Venue: Schlosskeller Privatbrauerei Wilhelm Ketterer Water Display Bad Databrunn: Bad Liebenzeller Mineralbrunnnen Crockery: Parkhotel Pforzheim GmbH Produktionsmanagement: Andreas Schmidt Art handling: Richfelder AV- Media: multi-media systeme AG Light: David Horn Scaffolding: dp-showtechnic GmbH & Co. KG Fireworks:MK-Eventdesign Gala Hosts: students and members of local organisations and youth groups (Queer Space Pforzheim, Internationaler Beirat, HS Pforzheim, KIT Karlsruhe) Copywriting and Translation: David Cross Kane and Merit Julia Sauter Graphic design: OPSXD Typefaces: Charlotte Rohde Photograpy: Karolina Sobel, Marta Bogdanska