Nation Itself-Turning Political Scene - Polish Theater/Poznań

Sound Performance for compressed air, FM synthesis, alarm lights.

In the catacombs of the Polish Theater, just below the stage, there is a forgotten, ancient mechanism that has already come out of use. It is near the nineteenth-century rotational scene, once driven by the strength of human hands. Moved after years of silence, it will be able to change the course of history, rewrite it, and the sound will become its catalyst … The sound performance of Gerard Lebik’s “Narrative Being: turning a political scene” is not just an entry into the discourse (bio) of power and asking a question about what (and above all – whose cost) we set in the field of view. The choice of such a space of artistic activity is combined with the curatorial assumption of exploring the edges of the theater: and in the formal (performance art, sound art, improvisation) and organizational layer (curatorial of the performing arts as an alternative to the dominance of the repertoire theater). Due to fire restrictions, the performance will take place in two rounds: at 19 and 19:20. — This is another event in the framework of the “Edges” project, which explores artistically and scientifically various types of edging: theater, anthropocentrism, and civilization. curator: Rafał Ziąbka

Premiered at Polish Theater in Poznań 12.05.2018