Cranger Kirmes

Funfair is the opposite of everyday life: dizziness, intoxication, fun, and a sense of detachment that sometimes borders on hysteria. It is a place of controlled exceptionalism, an experience shared by different people. An important aspect is music. Trance is still a very popular genre, which — except currently in the musical underground — is otherwise hardly played. At the Wanderersalon at the Cranger Kirmes, we explored artistically and in conversation how social identity is negotiated through music at the Kirmes.