Conversion / After Afghanistan

From the Goethe-Institut: “Berlin- and Hamburg-based costa compagnie, an open collaboration of artists at the intersection of documentary, dance, and performance, presents fragments from its piece Conversion / After Afghanistan, followed by an artist talk. Shortly before the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) pulled out of Afghanistan in December 2014, costa compagnie travelled to Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif to interview locals, soldiers, diplomats, and others about their experience of the war and the withdrawal of German and American troops. In an attempt to understand a war that was claimed necessary to safeguard German and US security, Conversion / After Afghanistan translates this documentary material into performance, dance, sound, video, and objects. The performance at the Goethe-Institut includes student dancers from Vassar College.”