Hostel, a new video installation created for the Edith-Russ-Haus, is a four-part miniseries conceived as a crossover between a fictitious docu-soap and a game show. It takes place in a fully occupied, utterly crammed room in a hostel. Amid an atmosphere of increasing day-to-day racism, celebrity cultism, widespread stereotyping, postcolonial diversity challenges, and the pressures of almighty economics, five traveling culture workers of various backgrounds, all of whom live in a state of precarity; Apple’s virtual personal assistant, Siri; and several computer-game avatars enter a battle of spoken word that focuses on their experiences and dreams. They constantly switch roles and simultaneously form a sort of chorus, which contradicts the mundane reports of their daily activities. The stories of the different protagonists merge into
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