Stage | The Guardian: On the eastern outskirts of Berlin, a big top has been erected by theatre company Rimini Protokoll for a circus with a twist. These acrobatics come wrapped in metaphor and high concept: the show is about shopping giant Amazon and the processes of the virtual marketplace.
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Theater has often been used to make comments on and critique how the world of the time works, and I think that this example of a theater company using Amazon as their subject is a great continuance for this ancient tradition. Oftentimes these forms of plays end up focusing on social and political issues, but I do think that it is also appropriate to refer directly to a large company like Amazon, especially when Amazon is so much of the modern world. I also think that the poor condition of workers in Amazon warehouses is a good topic for a play because it is an inherently visual act, the act of moving objects from one place to another. Based on the several pictures in the article I think that the production design of this piece is helpful, with the primary scenic elements being boxes like would be seen in a warehouse, but then projection mapping on top of those boxes to bring in external content, such as real videos and a statement form Besos.
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