Old Songs New Songs

Have you ever broken more than three plates in one day? Did her child belch in the service? The characters in OLD SONGS NEW SONGS are entangled in a web of prohibitions and blame, in which the photographing of hares in the months January to April is just as punishable as the appearance in public with a woman's beard or unshaven legs.

In her detailed leporello, Rita Fürstenau brings together historical legal texts that, from today’s perspective, sometimes seem amusing, bizarre or simply gruesome. Although these laws are no longer effective, it becomes clear that the moral concepts and motivations that once validated their validity are still alive today.