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Temple du présent – Solo pour octopus

Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) avec ShanjuLab

Temple du présent – Solo pour octopus

Stefan Kaegi imagines a theatrical aquarium to stage an octopus, that gifted, curious and playful animal. The relationship with the octopus shapes the show to the point of reversing the roles: who is playing with whom? Who is observing whom?

Octopuses, with their 8 arms, 9 brains, 3 hearts and thousands of suckers, are capable of multiple actions or of changing colour radically. Attracted by what they do not know, they are able to learn from their experiences, and some specialists have even uncovered singular and individual forms of humour and empathy. Emerging from an evolutionary fork parallel to that which resulted in the human species, their extraordinary abilities would enable them to build advanced civilisations, were they only able to pass on their knowledge between generations – yet females die shortly after giving birth and each individual must start the process of learning anew. What can we – humans, spectators – learn from this multi-tasking talent, this master of solitary camouflage?

The show is conceived in relationship with an octopus, as the outcome of a process of learning and exchange, according to its needs, its knowledge and its reactions. With the complicity of ShanjuLab, an artistic collective based in Gimel that lives and collaborates with animals while permanently pursuing a line of ethical questioning, Stefan Kaegi has devised a theatrical, musical, cinematographic and documentary device in which the observer may not be the one we expected. And this time, the expert is the animal.

From 27 June to 3 July 2021
Durée:
1h
Salle René Gonzalez

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Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 5:30pm
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Sunday, June 27, 2021 - 7:30pm
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Meet the artists: with Nathalie Küttel and/or Judith Zagury from Shanjulab every evening after the 2nd representation
 

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Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) avec ShanjuLab

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Stefan Kaegi (Rimini Protokoll) avec ShanjuLab

L’artiste suisse Stefan Kaegi est une des figures majeures du théâtre européen. Avec le collectif Rimini Protokoll, il a contribué à élargir la notion de théâtre documentaire en tentant de dépeindre la réalité sous toutes ses facettes, notamment en faisant appel à des "experts·es du quotidien". Les membres du collectif font ainsi sortir le théâtre de ses murs, allant à la rencontre de l’espace urbain comme des nouveaux espaces et réseaux de la mondialisation. Invité régulièrement à Vidy, Stefan Kaegi présente Mnemopark (2007), Situation Rooms (2014) et Granma. Les trombones de La Havane (2019), et crée Airport Kids avec Lola Arias (2008), Nachlass – Pièces sans personnes (2016) avec Dominic Huber et Cargo Congo-Lausanne (2018). Il y a aussi créé cet automne la version française de La Vallée de l’étrange.

ShanjuLab est un laboratoire de recherche théâtrale sur la présence animale céé en 2017 par la compagnie Shanju (Judith Zagury, Shantih Breikers). Une idée qui est née avec le déménagement de l'atelier-école à Gimel: dans ce nouveau lieu, humains et animaux cohabitent. Le poulailler, le parc des chèvres ou celui des chevaux se mêlent à l’habitat des humains. Ce sont des mondes différents mais ouverts l’un sur l’autre. De cette cohabitation est née l’obsession de faire exister la personnalité des animaux, de leur rendre leurs singularités et de rendre visibles leurs décisions, leur spontanéité. Réussir, à travers une mise en scène, une mise en espace, à les rencontrer. Utiliser l’instantanéité du spectacle vivant pour laisser entrevoir le sensible.

 

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theatrical series

Temple du présent - Solo for Octopus is one of the episodes of the theater series You are here designed and produced by République Éphémère. This soap opera is an artistic utopia, a great adventure that crosses 14 Geneva stages. This theater series follows a dozen protagonists, neighbors and neighbours of a building that collapses when faults appear on the surface of our worn-out planet. When everything cracks, when everything is turned upside down, when all the landmarks are transformed, how can we become a community? What relationships can we find with other plant and animal species? But also... Will Zechariah dare to declare his love for Mad? Will Cassandra succeed in silencing the voices in her head? Thought and written over the last two years by about twenty artists, You are here resonates powerfully with what we are experiencing today. Follow this crazy story in 9 episodes and 1 integral, on the scale of a city, over the course of a season.

Credits

Concept, direction
Stefan Kaegi

in collaboration with
Judith Zagury et Nathalie Küttel (ShanjuLab)

Scientific support
Graziano Fiorito

Dramaturgy
Katja Hagedorn

Music
Stéphane Vecchione
In collaboration Brice Catherin

Tech and set construction 
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Lighting and stage management
Pierre Nicolas Moulin

Video
Oliver Vulliamy

Production
Anouk Luthier

With
An octopus
Stéphane Vecchione
Judith Zagury/Nathalie Küttel

 

Production
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne - ShanjuLab Gimel - République Éphémère - Théâtre Saint-Gervais

Coproduction
Festival Antigel - Berliner Festspiele

Touring
Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne

Temple du présent, Solo pour octopus is one of the episodes of the theatre series Vous êtes ici, devised and produced by République Éphémère. This theatre series follows a dozen protagonists, neighbours living in a building that collapses when cracks appear on the surface of our worn-out planet. When everything cracks, when everything is turned upside down, when all our bearings are transformed, how can we come together as a community? But also... Will Zacharie dare to declare his love for Mad? Will Cassandra succeed in silencing the voices in her head? Conceived and written over the last two years by some twenty artists, Vous êtes ici resonates powerfully with what we are experiencing today. Follow this wild story in 9 episodes and 1 box set over the course of a season.

 

 

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Tour dates
8.01 - 21.01.2021 Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne (CH)
29.01 - 7.02.2021 [ANNULÉ] Théâtre Saint Gervais, Genève (CH)
9.03 - 11.03.2021 [ANNULÉ] Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (DE)
7.04 - 10.04.2021 Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
30.04 - 2.05.2021 donaufestival, Krems (AU)
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