ORSOLYA
SHORT ESSAY ON UNCERTAINTY
05-09 2021
“Short essay on uncertainty” is a shadow theatre play for adults, constructed with the tutorship of
Alberto Jona, artistic director of the festival Incanti, and member of the company
"Teatro controluce".
The idea of the show, "Short essay on uncertainty", was born with the desire of creating a puppet play, based on several themes that appear in the books of Thomas Mann. The show wants to raise questions related to the relation between "individual" and community, culture and personal history, - with a critical approach.
The scenography consists a small stage, like the paper theaters made for children in the 18-19th century, which contains paintings in front of a light source. Black and white images, accompanied by sounds recorded in 4 countries, are telling us a story with the rhythm of the storytellers, concentrating on Thomas Mann's question: do we have free will? are we acting according to our own will? is a person who dares to question our convictions, guilty? What is human sin and who is a sinner? What can we do with these questions in the 21th century? I consider that being aware is more than enough.
The premiere of the show was in October in 2019 at the Festival Incanti, where it received a special prize for image and sound design.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiuhjzjvmuA&t=6s
The idea of the show, "Short essay on uncertainty", was born with the desire of creating a puppet play, based on several themes that appear in the books of Thomas Mann. The show wants to raise questions related to the relation between "individual" and community, culture and personal history, - with a critical approach.
The scenography consists a small stage, like the paper theaters made for children in the 18-19th century, which contains paintings in front of a light source. Black and white images, accompanied by sounds recorded in 4 countries, are telling us a story with the rhythm of the storytellers, concentrating on Thomas Mann's question: do we have free will? are we acting according to our own will? is a person who dares to question our convictions, guilty? What is human sin and who is a sinner? What can we do with these questions in the 21th century? I consider that being aware is more than enough.
The premiere of the show was in October in 2019 at the Festival Incanti, where it received a special prize for image and sound design.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiuhjzjvmuA&t=6s