The Omer Count was a 7 week program by Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends, in collaboration with HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Sophiensaele, Gropius Bau and the Berliner Ensemble. Relating to the tradition of counting the 49 days between the two spring holidays Pessach and Shavu’ot, the series consisted of different weekly events, in various formats. Expanding the understanding of Jewish traditions as contemporary, experimental Dramaturgies, the program included performances, a talk, a concert, a dinner and several city walks. Going beyond restrictive notions of identity and tribe, The Omer Count presents Jewish traditions of gathering, thinking, remembering and mourning as an inclusive site in which everyone is invited to celebrate diversity, complexity and difference and contemplate on what makes a society possible.
Project website: www.theomercount.com
HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Sophiensaele
Berliner Ensemble
Gropius Bau
