A collective media meditation: coloured foam is gently sliced into disks, a dirty carpet gets a thorough deep clean, a hydraulic press crushes a variety of objects. Pointless processes, absurd repetitions, one-size-fits-all automations: they all trigger a sense of contentment and wellbeing in us as a counterpoint to an increasingly complex reality. “Oddly Satisfying” is the name given to an internet phenomenon that forms the focus of SATISFACTIONACTION, an installation that has attracted millions of views on multiple platforms. Most of us are familiar with the odd sense of comfort afforded by day-to-day routine actions. Suddenly everything jells, luggage fits snugly into the car boot, the train is caught calmly with a minute to spare, the blackhead is discreetly squeezed. What is it that gives us that warm feeling and what lengths are we prepared to go to to bring it about? Do these hard-to-define mechanisms function only on an innocent neuronal level or is there a social element at play involving norms of behaviour, success and failure, belonging and exclusion? And are these deep-seated needs not also met by our schadenfreude at the plight of an irritating colleague or by our membership of a group, which automatically implies the exclusion of others?

Satisfactionaction

Deutsche Oper Berlin

The actor Charly Hübner and the Ensemble Resonanz, complemented by a jazz trio consisting of Kalle Kalima, Carlos Bica and Max Andrzejewski, let the world of Schubert's "Winterreise" meet the songs of the Australian poet and singer Nick Cave. The spirits of this séance speak of unhappy love. Of pain. Of guilt. Of failure. Of loneliness. Of great failure and of death. No place, nowhere. Or: All beauty must die...

Max Andrzejewski

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Oct 2, 2025 - Jan 30, 2026

Satisfactionaction · Deutsche Oper Berlin

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Oct 2, 2025 - Jan 30, 2026

Satisfactionaction · Deutsche Oper Berlin

May 31 - Jul 5, 2025

Mercy seat - winter journey · Ensemble Resonanz

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