Accessability

Unfortunately, our festival is not barrier-free. This means that it is not equally accessible for everyone. Here we provide tips to make the festival more accessible. We want to name barriers, make them recognizable and remove them more and more in the future. We will be happy to help you personally to find your way through the festival. If you have any questions about the accessibility of the venues and events, please contact the Infopoint or besuch@osten-festival.de in advance.

Accessibility and equipment of the venues

Wheelchair spaces can be booked online (subject to availability). If necessary, please book an accompanying ticket free of charge.

The following venues are suitable for wheelchair users:

• FESTIVALZENTRUM FEUERWACHE
  Chemical Park Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Area A, Building 046, Bunsenstraße 4, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
  with the exception of the swimming pool and water slide
• INDUSTRIAL AND FILM MUSEUM WOLFEN
  Chemical Park Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Area A, Bunsenstraße 4, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
• BUILDING 123
• TOWN HALL BITTERFELD-WOLFEN
  Town hall square 1, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
• PARCOURS
  The art trail runs across open terrain and unpaved meadows in some places. All buildings on the course can be reached by wheelchair or baby carriage on paved paths.

Wheelchair-accessible toilets can be found here:

• FESTIVALZENTRUM FEUERWACHE
  Chemical Park Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Area A, Building 046, Bunsenstraße 4, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
• INDUSTRIAL AND FILM MUSEUM WOLFEN
  Bitterfeld-Wolfen Chemical Park, Area A, Bunsenstraße 4, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen
• TOWN HALL BITTERFELD-WOLFEN
  Town hall square 1, 06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen

Further information

None of the venues have a tactile guidance system. The installation (K)EIN STÜCK VON FRÜHER at the former cinema of Wolfen is only accessible via steps and has no visitor toilets. The performance HANDARBEIT at the STÄDTISCHE KULTURHAUS BITTERFELD-WOLFEN takes place on the back stage, which is only accessible via steps.

The performances TYRANNOSAURUS REGINA and BAGGERN will take place outdoors. TYRANNOSAURUS REGINA has no seats. It is necessary to move around in a group.

Offers and events with better accessibility

Hearing without seeing
Unfortunately, we do not yet offer audio description at our festival. At these events, it is not absolutely necessary to be able to see in order to follow the content well:

TALKS

• FRAGE DES TAGES
• DENKFABRIK: ES KÖNNTE SO SCHÖN SEIN... WIE GESTALTEN WIR ZUKUNFT? (June 2nd, 10 - 11 p.m.)

INSTALLATIONS

• KUBA-ORANGEN (June 1st, 4.30 – 6.45 p.m.)
• WIE SCHMECKT BITTERFELD-WOLFEN?  (June 16th, 5 – 8 p.m.)
• KINOTEATR RODINA
• KONTAKTANZEIGEN – QUEERE GENERATIONENDIALOGE IN OSTDEUTSCHLAND

WORKSHOPS

• GERUCHSLANDSCHAFTEN (June 2nd, 3 – 5.30 p.m.)
• UND WIE HEISST DU? SMALL TALK ÜBER VORNAMEN (June 8 and June 9, 2 – 7 p.m.)

FURTHER EVENTS AND STAGE

• DER WELTBAUMEISTER UND DIE ANDEREN (June 1st, 10 – 11 p.m.)
• FORSCHEN NACH FARBFILMMATERIALIEN JEDER ART (June 2nd, 6 – 7 p.m.)
• DIE ABLÖSUNG (June 8th, 6 – 7 p.m.)
• DU FÄHRST EINE LINIE (June 8th, 3 – 5 p.m., 6 – 8 p.m., June 9th, 3 – 5 p.m., 6 – 8 p.m.)
• ÖDIPUS IN DER GIFTFABRIK – EINE KLEINE GESCHICHTE DES ARTENSTERBENS (June 9th, 6 – 7 p.m.)
• FRAGE DES TAGES PLUS: HOLIDAY AM SILBERSEE (June 14, 9 – 11 p.m.)
• NAMEN, DIE WIR TRAGEN (June 15, 4 – 4.45 p.m.)
• COMPULSIVE DESIRES: ON LITHIUM EXTRACTION AND REBELLIOUS MOUNTAINS (June 15, 6 – 7 p.m.)
• POSITIVE VIBES-RAP (June 15, 9 – 11 p.m.)
• MONOPOLY – EINE REISE IN DIE HÖHEN UND TIEFEN DER GELDTHEORIE (June 16, 4 – 5 p.m.)
• WIE SCHMECKT BITTERFELD-WOLFEN? (June 16, 5 – 8 p.m.)

Seeing without hearing
Unfortunately, we do not yet offer translation into German sign language at our festival.
At these events, hearing is not necessary to follow the content:

INSTALLATIONS

PARCOURS

Many installations on the course are accessible without spoken language.

WORKSHOPS

• ERDVERKOSTUNG (June 16th, 3 – 4.30 p.m.)

FURTHER EVENTS AND STAGE

• HANDARBEIT (June 7th, 8 – 8.45 p.m., 9 – 9.45 p.m., June 9th, 4 – 4.45 p.m., 5 – 5.45 p.m.)
• ALLEE DER TAUSEND DÜFTE (June 8th, 2.30 – 3.30 p.m.)
• WIE SCHMECKT BITTERFELD-WOLFEN? (June 16th, 5 – 8 p.m.)

Offers and events in English
You can find suitable events in our FAQ.

Offers and events without German spoken language

INSTALLATIONS

PARCOURS
Many installations in the Parcours are accessible without spoken language.

FURTHER EVENTS AND STAGE

• DER WELTBAUMEISTER UND DIE ANDEREN (June 1st, 10 – 11 p.m.)
• KEIN LICHT, KEINE FASER (June 1st, 11 p.m. – midnight)
• HANDARBEIT (June 7th, 8 – 8.45 p.m., 9 – 9.45 p.m., June 9th, 4 – 4.45 p.m., 5 – 5.45 p.m.)
• MEIERHANS LEGT AUF (June 7th, 9 – 11 p.m.)
• ALLEE DER TAUSEND DÜFTE (June 8th, 2.30 – 3.30 p.m.)
• POSITIVE VIBES-RAP (June 15th, 9 – 11 p.m.)
• WIE SCHMECKT BITTERFELD-WOLFEN? (June 16th, 5 – 8 p.m.)

Trigger warning
Trigger warnings are often used to alert the audience to triggers that can provoke a re-experience of a traumatic event. The term, which originates from psychology, covers very different experiences that can provoke equally different reactions.

Festival OSTEN refrains from providing its events with trigger warnings.
We strive to write the program texts in such a way that visitors can assess what to expect.