Maja Litzke Motion Design and Art Direction

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Photographs by Bjoern Klein 

‘I Love Horses ’  (Just Like Michael Kohlhaas), based on motifs by Heinrich von Kleist and written by Merle Zurawski, is a theatre play lasting one hour and 40 minutes. Its premiere took place in February 2025 at the Staatstheater Stuttgart.

In this absurd and satirical reinterpretation of Kleist‘s ‘Michael Kohlhaaas’, ‘I love Horses’ shows an ensemble in the setting of a horse show that fights for the leading role of Michael Kohlhaas, while justice, power structures and the myth of the hero are deconstructed in a humorous and performative way, thus criticising patriarchal power structures.

My motion design involves creating stylised video projections that are displayed on the theatre walls.
These projections add a surreal, almost mystical dimension to the set.
The horse's head, which towers over the stage, is particularly impressive and a role model for the the characters. It looks down on the action with a lofty, critical air.