Hooked on a Book

Scape Offenbach #3

Two people meet and open a book: they start reading through it - the book asks questions and encourages exchange and conversation - about life and the world on a large and small scale, about what separates and connects us, about being alone and being together. 

A completely analogue, yet interactive piece between two strangers. A double exposure. Wherever. A play that needs no stage and no spectators. A play that can take place in any corner of the world: a hermit's farm, a small town, a metropolis. 

Page by page, the two people become entangled and thus become the main characters of the book.

Idea and text: Helgard Haug
Illustration: Luise Wüstling
Dramaturgy: Moritz von Rappard
Artistic collaboration: Paula Holzhauer
Production management: Louise Stölting
Printing and distribution: TZ - Verlag & Print GmbH
“Hooked on a Book” - is a project by Rimini Protokoll initiated by Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, as part of World Design Capital 2026.
With the kind support of the Akademie der Künste, Section: Film and Media Art.