me & you
+something in between
an experimental programme
after the book of martin buber
bitef poliphony 2007 september 24-28th
belgrade serbia
me and you + something in between is interactive program that gathers independent
performing artists from all parts of europe. it is inspired by the book of martin buber
(“me and
you” heidelberg, 1923) and focused on artistic analysis of encounter in the context of actual controversy that provokes civilization discrepancies at the beginning of our century. the
phenomenon of dismissed encounter is explored through the intimate human experience
clashed with concrete social framework and backdrops, and artistic analysis opens few
questions: how much do we know about each other?
how many levels are there in each relational phenomenon, emerging from the live and
obligated social context? finally, which are the postulates of authentic human encounter?
can we preserve it pure and untouchable from the social and historical assumptions
without
losing his full potential and sense? the proposed questions will be starting
point and inspiration
for prospective work based on the cross cultural artistic
exchange of involved participants.
program last five days and consists of serial of workshops, round table and working
sessions followed by public presentation of participants’ projects which were conceived and
developed within the program. participants had opportunity to explore their
own prejudices, to act and react according to their attitudes and feelings, and to
generate the authentic artistic response to the evoked issue.
participants: adrian gillot & anne tobart (uk), andreia sophia luis de almeida (portugal), oystein ulsberg brager (norway), eva backman, gunilla bergerham & zoia paronen (sweden), bogdan florea (romania), malwen voirin & ariane labed (france), claudia heu, anita kaya and georg graf ole (austria), natasha & boris kadin (croatia), dimitrije stojanovic, ljiljana tasic, andjelka nikolic & maja ladolez (serbia).
workshop moderators: theatre directors irena ristic (hop.la!) and jadranka andjelic (dah theatar), and psychodramatist ivana slavkovic (ngo “encounter”).
open rehearsels of new developed projects was on 28th of
september 2007 at 11 a.m. in culturel centre "stari grad".
programme director: irena ristic (hop.la!)
partners: ngo "encounter", dah theatre and cedeum
programme was supported by: italian cultural institute in belgrade, french cultural centre, austrian cultural forum, embassy of romania in belgrade
and cultural centre "stari grad"