René Pollesch
Ich schau dir in die Augen, gesellschaftlicher Verblendungszusammenhang!
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Ich schau dir in die Augen, gesellschaftlicher Verblendungszusammenhang! /
Je te regarde dans les yeux, contexte d’aveuglement social!
Production Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Berlin)
Corealisation Théâtre de Gennevilliers, centre dramatique national de création contemporaine ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
With the Tandem Paris-Berlin organised for the25 years of friendship between the cities of Paris and Berlin
René Pollesch is one of Germany’s most atypical and radical stage directors. His texts are brilliant patchworks, which draw from scientific theory and social criticism. Referring to Adorno’s concept of a “social context of blindness”, his new production caricatures the conventions of interactive theater – which he calls “interpassive” – and our illusionary desire for community.
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