The audio tour to Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) leads to where it all began: to the streets, theaters, and interstices of his coming of age in Oberhausen. With the voices of Franziska Rosa Roth and Klaus Zwick in your ear and the thoughts of the extraordinary artist in your head, you stroll through the city center and pass by central stations of Schlingensief's life.
Christoph Schlingensief was born on October 24, 1960, in Oberhausen and lived there until his studies. He was a well-known film and theater director, author, and performance artist, and is one of the most famous artists from Oberhausen. The Literature House Oberhausen, in cooperation with literaturgebiet.ruhr, in collaboration with the Theater Oberhausen and with the support of the city's cultural office and the Oberhausen continuing education institute, has portrayed the life and work of Christoph Schlingensief in order to present it permanently in the public space of the city.
