Leakage Current
Contribution by Olaf Bargheer One has to openly admit: On the first weekend, we were flooded. The Baltic Raw formwork structure is a carpentry and aesthetic pleasure, but a tarpaulin spanned in an improvised manner offered no protection against the strong late-summer showers on Saturday evening. It hit the atrium from all sides. At first it didn’t bend the mood inside; we fought against the pouring rain with specially invented hot caipirinhas and finest electronic sounds of Tobias Schmid’s und Niko Tzoukmatis’ audision DJ set. Until even the most robust Totec sound system capitulated to the immense wetness. Leakage current somewhere, audio cables in puddles, crackling speakers, main switch off. Even the construction-site spotlights began to flicker and left the tip of the quay in darkness. With what remained of the hot caipirinhas and with hanging shoulders, people trudged back toward the event hall, with wind blowing through the entrances but at least no rain. And having invited Scandinavian and Eastern European artists to the festival, even the most unfavourable conditions do not lead to the good mood totally receding: Someone unpacked his MacBook, plugged it into the beamer and googled Best of Karaoke Tracks. This very unique Grand Prix adaptation, after moving to Hotel Stadt Altona, lasted until the early morning hours. The news ticker of the German Weather Service talked of continuing showers on Sunday, but also of an improvement and temperatures of up to 30 degrees Celsius at the beginning of the week.
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Rain cover at BALTIC RAW