secret agency

The Bank of Burning Money, the Alibi Agency, the Casino of Tricks, the Assembly of Real and Other Pirates, the Black Bank, Women of the Seven Seas – secret agency produces situations and institutions that appear to be fictional but then nonetheless withstand the test of reality. The performances of secret agency create another reality rather than confirming the old world in critical gestures. They open escape routes from austerity and take you on a trip with the improbability drive. secret agency creates forums for unheard voices and explores the pleasures of future togetherness. secret agency is working anonymously, transdisciplinarily and internationally. It was founded to use artistic means and resources beyond the accumulation of individual fame. secret agency is an independent label, an open collective and a practical exercise in the „art of being many“.

Free Port Baakenhöft, 2017

Hamburg Port is governed by Hamburg Port Authority - not always for the best: Cruise ship boom and smart port logistics, but no space for an alternative development of the port. There is too little discussion in Hamburg about this, and thus secret agency funded Hamburg Port Hydrarchy, whose job descritption is the same as that of Hamburg Port Authority: To discover and realise the potential for development of Hamburg port. To achieve this, HPH traveled across the Seven Seas: to offshore artists in New York, to the port of Lagos, to anti-cruise-ship-activists in Venice, to the South China Sea and across the docks of Hamburg port. In 2017, secret agency opened FREE PORT BAAKENHÖFT, a different kind of port, complete with its own jetty, port museum, African Terminal, a regatta and a ship welcoming station.