No Talking - © Judith Nab (Théâtre Espace)

In this theatre performance the brilliant mistake of creating the world is redone with high precision by a chain-smoking car-mechanic, alias the Creator.

He lives in a no-mans land outside of what is called 'reality' and he wants to create a new life, an ideal life. He develops his vague ideas and experiments without considering the consequences of his acts. Is his fever foolish? Is his ideal a mistake? Is his need to create nothing but an illusion, his love for animals childish, his distrust of mankind arrogance, and his solitary and withdrawn life weakness? His parrot Rocca wonders how it is possible that mankind has become the 'great dominator'. Is it a coincidence?

Rocca, the parrot, quotes Desmond Morris: "Physically the human being is an unique primate with a vulnerable unprotected skin -- with no natural weapons, no armour, no sharp spine, no venom, no fangs or claws. He is equipped with little more than an enlarged brain. Yet this compulsively curious creature has come to dominate the natural world."

But our Creator has not much time to think.

"So it is difficult to believe in a god that cares about us and knows of our existence... We are such insignificant creatures on a minor planet of a very average star in the outer suburbs of one of a hundred thousand million galaxies."
- Steven Hawking

A performance with objects, dance, crickets, a real parrot and an unreal pig
Choreography: Suzy Blok
Music: Jacob ter Veldhuis and Florian Zenker
Dancer: Gwennyvere Langenberg
Performer: Judith Nab
Technics: Flo Moser

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• art
• animation
• experimental
• short
• film

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