“CAPTURE & discard” begins at a moment when individuals become aware that their actions are subject to mechanisms they cannot influence, that they act like automatons, that all emotions have been lost to them or turned into the absurd. They are no longer aware of the meaning and consequences of their actions in the external world (loss of existential consciousness), they can no longer name what constitutes their I (loss of subjective consciousness), their relationships with other subjects dissolve (loss of social and political consciousness). Along these three axes of dissolution, the scenic structure of “CAPTURE & discard” develops. Almost complete solidification in a space that is actually a non-space is the starting point. Very slowly, almost imperceptibly, the rigidity of the individuals dissolves and turns into the beginnings of a new movement, through which the space also becomes experienceable again. The newly awakened consciousness of the individuals searches for new points of orientation, and in the process the individuals try to avoid the old patterns and establish new ones.
“CAPTURE & discard” questions the shaping of identities as a function of cultural, social, economic and political conditions and, in this context, especially the manipulability of identities. The piece also asks about possibilities of change and reorientation. Ultimately, it is about freedom and the question of whether and how it might be possible to create associations in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all.
Cast & Crew
Angeliki Anargirou, Maria Kandylaki, Nikoleta Koutitsa, Marlene Naumann, Marina Piniatorou | Artistic direction, concept and choreography: Kosmas Kosmopoulos Artistic advice and photography: Gm Touliatou | Music and composition: Antonios Palaskas | Dramaturgical advice: Stella Dimitrakopoulou and Kai Pichmann | Technical direction and lighting design: Vìctor Fernàndez De Tejada Pequeño | Production assistance: Marianiki Pagoni | Communication: Ann-Katrin Niemeyer
Termine
March 17, 2017, 20.30
March 18, 2017, 20.30
March 19, 2017, 17.00
UFER_STUDIOS (Studio 14)
Badstr. 41a, 13357 Berlin
U8 Pankstraße, U9 Nauener Platz, S-Bahn Gesundbrunnen
Production
Initiative LUNA PARK and Kosmas Kosmopoulos in collaboration with the Gesundbrunnen Elementary School, supported as part of the project “The Gesundbrunnen Elementary School as a Guest in the Uferstudios” by funding from the Action Fund of the QM Badstraße as part of the federal program “Social City.”
Review of “Capture & discard” by Astrid Kaminski
