monday 4.7. and tuesday 5.7., 9 pm, argekultur
babilonia teatri presents, with the additional cast member ilaria dalle donne, a production on pornography? right – they fooled you again! this performance has less to do with sex than with the pornographic language in magazines and glossies which pervades everything from serious articles to classifieds. like a greek choir, the three actors chant lists, advertising slogans, text fragments, and the dictates of “common sense”. the piece acts as a cynical record of a time in which reality is created by the daily media instead of our own perception. scandal and commentary which doesn’t bother to examine the shades of gray behind the issues are the meat and potatoes of this media. though it uses many of the same techniques as satire, pornobboy goes beyond it as well; our laughs get stuck in our throats as we realize how susceptible we are to the alternate realities of media. their objective, cool gaze almost begins to hurt, until the play descends into a massive, magnificent bragging contest. it has to be seen to be believed…
in italian with german subtitles
meet the arists: babilonia teatri, 5.7., 3 pm, republic café
also on 4.7. and 5.7.: babilonia teatri: pornobboy, 7 pm, republic
