Nachtfahrplan
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The Passers-by (1913): in this story, crossing paths with two strangers in an alleyway awakens all kinds of fears in the lyrical ‘I’ about their intentions. It focuses attention on the uncomfortable question of the extent to which we know the people we live within the city. The reading by a female voice also opens up the feminist debate about women's safety at night in urban public spaces. The mixture of the reading with other voices and sounds of the city, as well as the title of the work Nachtfahrplan (Night Schedule), expresses how the constant noise level in the city makes it difficult to follow one's train of thought, leading to a general sensory overload. The emotions described in Kafka's texts, oscillating between longing for an urban community and simultaneously rejecting it, lead to a question that is still familiar even a hundred years later: living in cities, are we more integrated into the community or more isolated?
My thanks to: Dominique Steffien, for her work in compiling the texts in their original version and their reading, the recording of the sound materials of the city and her suggestions regarding their editing, and to Vertixe Sonora, for their interest in this project and for their efforts to bring it to light. Reference is made to the recommendation of Alfonso Castán, from Editorial Contraseña, thanks to Kristina-Katharina Schmuck-Rahe, for translating the texts into Spanish.
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