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Bizarre art and theater: half the hut in the focus of the community!
Donzdorf: sculptor Thomas Plaster designs a work of art with wooden figures and inspires the stage play "Halbe Hütte" in the Lindenhof theater.
Bizarre art and theater: half the hut in the focus of the community!
in the small community of Donzdorf, not far from Stuttgart, a work of art by Thomas Putze ensures discussions and attention. The sculptor and performance artist cut a holy family of wood with a chainsaw and placed the figures into a hut. While all the figures, except for the child of Jesus, were divided along the possession of the hut, the hut could stand as a whole for the preservation of the artistic tradition. A large nativity festival in December 2017 led to the community gathered behind the art project, which cleans as a touching expression of personal, social, political and existential questions. As the context weekly newspaper , the hut is now compared to a different reality.
The hut has been considered to be in danger of collapse since 2020 and was sealed off by an official subsequent remuneration. The municipality of Donzdorf has confirmed the security concerns and measures to secure the building failed due to the stubbornness of the entrepreneur. These circumstances have not only led to a decay of the object of art historically, but also to the fact that the crib figures of plasters have now been sold or given away; Only the donkey remains in his studio.
Theater Lindenhof: "Halbe Hütte"
A new cultural highlight in the region is the premiere of the stage play "Halbe Hütte", which took place in the spring of 2025 at the Lindenhof Theater in Melchingen. Inspired by a film by Andreas Geiger, the play deals with the concept of "homeland" in an independent way. The theater lindenhof shows a comedy that deals with the Swabian mentality and bureaucratic madness. The central statement of the piece - "what the grandpa has built, you don't give it back" - often makes the audience laugh, for example when Berthold Biesinger appears as a village smuggle.
The piece shows bizarre figures and exaggerations, which encounters enthusiasm for both national spectators and causes different reactions. Some consider the staging as a Klamauk, while others experience it as realistic. The performances are also planned and promise in the coming season 2025/26.
whether the "half hut" will save the hut discussed or not remains to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the dialogue about home, identity and art in this region continues.