Theatre | The Guardian: No single word can encapsulate Manipulate. The festival’s mix of animation, physical theatre and puppetry defies easy categorisation. The organisation itself opts for “visually led work”. On the strength of this year’s opening weekend, you could also call it a celebration of making something out of nothing.
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THIS IS SO COOL! I really like the ideas behind Acqua Alta. The idea of a seemingly uninteresting environment with a small piece of art morphing slowly into a complex landscape that tells such a devastating story is so cool to me. I never think of installations as “theatre” pieces but this semester has really turned that idea on its head. I think it’s so cool how the installations and performances utilize similar techniques to tell their stories. Media is a very new idea for me in general, so I’m always really amazed by the use of projections/ virtual reality in theatre pieces. I’m also interested in how “Fauna” made black figures who were “visible to those who know”. I want to look more into the piece and see what I can learn from it. I want to learn more about experimental theatre because it is directly inverse to all of the theatre I have done so far. It’ll be so fun!
This festival seems like it would be so cool to visit. It brings something completely new to the idea of theatre, I love that they described it as “visually led works” instead of just shows or art pieces or exhibits. This description leaves such a beautiful open endedness which allows the art to seem so much more intentional. The first piece mentioned, Aqua Alta, was so intriguing and a perfect example of how theatre and technology are colliding. I think that theatre holds on so tightly to tradition and to see a piece that transcends this is refreshing. It isn’t so much that theatre refuses technology, more that technological advanced performance is often put into this other category that is seen as lesser than traditional theatre. The other pieces mentioned seemed to be beautiful not only technically and performance wise but also in message. Overall this festival seems like a great celebration of a new type of visual experimental art.
While reading this article I couldn’t help but to draw a comparison to the Prague quadrennial. I have never been, but I do know people who have and from what they describe, it is similar to this in its diversity of mediums. I am a big proponent of mixing mediums so I was very happy to hear about this festival. To those who are not involved heavily in art, it can be very easy to disregard a painting or an animated film as something that just pops into existence and leaves promptly after. This is a great way to get more people interested, as these artists are paving the way for their respective mediums. There is something about things being tangible and up close that makes them have a longer impact on people, and this is also from personal experience. I wish the team behind this project the best and hope they can continue this event for years to come.
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