International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
Bivouac
5 September 12:00 and 21:30, Former 'Boļševička' textile factory | 10 and 7 Eur
Bivouac is an invitation to travel to unusual, highly theatrical location, to take part in a series of tableaux vivants orchestrated by Philippe Quesne. These are staged as both adventures and as opportunities to document images of curious audiences looking for meaning.
The work is commissioned by the festival as a part of the expanded performance space and scenography programme, Shared Space: Music, Weather, Politics, supported by EU programme Culture.
About Artist
After ten years as a set designer for opera, concerts, theatre performances, and contemporary art exhibitions, French artist Philippe Quesne created Vivarium Studio in 2003 in Paris, a laboratory for theatrical innovation which features painters, actors, dancers, musicians and a dog. The performances of Philippe Quesne showcase simple yet fantastic images – an improvised amusement park in a deserted snowy landscape, explorers in potted plant jungles that re-enact the Big Bang, or a thirty-year-old Serge playing in his apartment with a toy car that draws circles with a sparkler. In his creations a childlike amazement in front of the magic of theater meets with a gentle melancholy about the limitations of mankind.
Credits
Idea and direction: Philippe Quesne
Technical direction: Marc Chevillon
Photography: Martin Argyroglo
Production: New Theatre Institute of Latvia
Premiere in Riga, 2015
5
September
12:00 and 21:30
10 and 7*
Eur
Language
Language no problem
Duration
1h30
Supported by
* Reduced price for pupils, students, seniors, people with disabilities