THE ONE WHO IS ROBBED AND SMILES STEALS SOMETHING FROM THE THIEF,
THE ONE WHO IS ROBBED AND CRIES STEALS SOMETHING FROM HIMSELF
Curated by
Ariell Zéphyr
Greta di Poce
Valerio Pastorelli
THE ONE WHO IS ROBBED AND CRIES STEALS SOMETHING FROM HIMSELF
Curated by
Ariell Zéphyr
Greta di Poce
Valerio Pastorelli
Crescendo...des ritals à Paris
Fondation Agnes B. La Fab
Paris, 2024
Crescendo...des ritals à Paris
Fondation Agnes B. La Fab
Paris, 2024
The 40-minute performance took place during the catering service of the opening event.
In Act I, the three performers infiltrate the catering service and serve wine.
In Act II, the performers circulate through the gallery, serving chips for gambling on silver trays.
Here, the principle of reality is destabilized.
In Act III, an argument breaks out between two performers. Here, the wager of the journey becomes a struggle for survival, identity theft: an existential drama of those who change their life, culture, and language, and are forced to rebuild their identity, even through the fetishization of a rival. The argument will soon transform into an awakening of the worker’s condition.
In Act I, the three performers infiltrate the catering service and serve wine.
In Act II, the performers circulate through the gallery, serving chips for gambling on silver trays.
Here, the principle of reality is destabilized.
In Act III, an argument breaks out between two performers. Here, the wager of the journey becomes a struggle for survival, identity theft: an existential drama of those who change their life, culture, and language, and are forced to rebuild their identity, even through the fetishization of a rival. The argument will soon transform into an awakening of the worker’s condition.
Therefore, the invectives will soon transform from “you stole from me...” to “they stole from me...” and finally to “they stole from us...”.
In the final act, the female figure reappears on stage, vomiting 50 one-euro coins while singing loudly the title of the performance: capital's bulimia.
The coins, wet with saliva, are on the ground, available to the audience, who immediately steal them at the end of the action
In the final act, the female figure reappears on stage, vomiting 50 one-euro coins while singing loudly the title of the performance: capital's bulimia.
The coins, wet with saliva, are on the ground, available to the audience, who immediately steal them at the end of the action