Fee Aviv Dubois, Ralph Heidel, Izzy Ment, Shanice Ruby Bennett, Andi Haberl: »Before it’s over«

Created at the invitation of the curatorial team for Pop-Kultur Festival 2026, »Before it’s over« is a commissioned work built around a band that will exist for one night only. In a present where music is constantly available, archived, shared, and endlessly reproducible, this project consciously embraces impermanence.

Fee Aviv Dubois, Ralph Heidel, Izzy Ment, Shanice Ruby Bennett, and Andi Haberl – five distinct artists connected to a wide range of musical projects – have come together in a protected space to develop a live set incorporating elements of improvisation.

What emerges is a singular encounter: no later release, no second performance, no chance to revisit it on Spotify. Even the otherwise ubiquitous impulse to document and share on social media recedes into the background. Instead, the focus rests on what unfolds between stage and audience – and what remains afterwards in memory.

The collaboration becomes a time capsule: less a concert than a performance, less a product than an encounter.