Capricorn, the Sea Goat

Berlin, Germany | 2022-2024

Sea goats, fireballs and incantations? Our annual installations in Berlin revealed a pivotal new episode in the story of Falling Sideways: the ruin of a tunnel built in the shape of the Capricorn constellation — and its fabled history experienced live during the performance.

While each of our installations is a very site-specific chapter in the story of our rogue planet and the astronomer who discovered it, our event in Berlin allowed us to magnify the audio composition, artwork and narrative into a rich and multifaceted adventure.

In a special collaboration with Berliner Unterwelten e.V., this “underworlds” association granted us access to the historic AEG Tunnel as part of the annual citywide Long Night of Museums celebration for three years in a row. We stepped up to the challenge presented by this magnificent site by illustrating the Capricorn legend and its relation to our planet in a slideshow before visitors entered the performance, greeted by archaeological finds, a giant string contraption channeling the planets' voices, and a Chladni plate operated live with meteorite fragments from the constellation.

The continuous events were held for small groups of 25 people, allowing us to provide an intimate experience to hundreds of people throughout the long night. We'd like to extend a whole galaxy of thanks to the stellar Berlin Underworlds team for the hosting, logistics and hands-on help. The performance was so successful that we have been invited back to a different venue – the Humboldthain Flak Tower – in 2025! We'll post more details here as they become available.