FEELINGS

i saw you called?

The messenger app Telegram is required for participation.

  • Game
  • Online
  • 2023/2024
  • English
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Please note before playing:

  • i saw you called" is a game for the smartphone and is played in the messenger Telegram (download of the free Android or iPhone app here). The use of a smartphone is recommended, though the desktop version of Telegram may also be used with some limitations.
     
  • The game can be started with the button “ENTER” on HAU4. Please start the respective dialogue by clicking the button “Start” in or enter “/start” in the Telegram chat.
     
  • Total play time: about two hours. Due to the nature of the piece, you will be receiving messages over the course of a couple days. You will be able to control the rate of the messages for the most part, though there will be some built-in breaks. At times, you might have to wait up to a day for the next message.

Do you have any questions or suggestions? We look forward to your feedback! You can reach us by e-mail at feedback@hebbel-am-ufer.de.

“i saw you called?” is a piece about family and growing up queer. The text discusses depression, childhood loneliness, and periods of neglect. It might bring up associations with loss, grief, and death.
There are no graphic images or descriptions of violence or abuse. Please contact us via email if you have specific questions regarding possible triggers in the piece at dreyer.mehling@gmail.com.

“I saw you called? Haven’t heard from you in a while. It’s nice that you reached out. Back then I always knew what was going on with you.” This is the beginning of a chat about love, memory, and identity between two people who were once very close. Now they feel a distance and search for explanations for the new relationship, for the gaps and the shadows that can no longer be grasped. From time to time, a protagonist retreats into their memories – into games, like the ones in the video arcades they used to play so often: Maybe the answers need to be played out. The duo FEELINGS is known for its interactive story games. For HAU, the Berlin artists are developing an intimate conversation between two people of different generations. “How did this game go again?”

The “adaptor:eX” program developed by the Berlin collective machina eX was used to further develop the game as part of its 2026 relaunch.

Note:

Please note before playing:

  • i saw you called" is a game for the smartphone and is played in the messenger Telegram (download of the free Android or iPhone app here). The use of a smartphone is recommended, though the desktop version of Telegram may also be used with some limitations.
     
  • The game can be started with the button “ENTER” on HAU4. Please start the respective dialogue by clicking the button “Start” or enter “/start” in the Telegram chat.
     
  • Total play time: about two hours. Due to the nature of the piece, you will be receiving messages over the course of a couple days. You will be able to control the rate of the messages for the most part, though there will be some built-in breaks. At times, you might have to wait up to a day for the next message.

Do you have any questions or suggestions? We look forward to your feedback! You can reach us by e-mail atdreyer.mehling@gmail.com.

Date

    • Premiere
      Mon 15.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Tue 16.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Wed 17.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Thu 18.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Fri 19.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Sat 20.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Sun 21.4.2024, 17:00
      HAU4
    • Tue 1.10.2024, 12:00
      HAU4
    • Re-run
      Mon 11.5.2026, 17:00
      HAU4

Cast

Concept, text, image: FEELINGS / Interaction design, programming: Simon Hüsken, Anton Krause / Game design: FEELINGS, Simon Hüsken / Voice: Jil Dreyer / Sound design: Josef Mehling

Credits

Production: FEELINGS. Co-produktion: HAU Hebbel am Ufer in the framework of „Love is a Verb“, funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.

Visitor note

The performance discusses depression, childhood loneliness, and periods of neglect. It might bring up associations with loss, grief, and death. Please contact us via email if you have specific questions regarding possible triggers in the piece at dreyer.mehling@gmail.com.

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