On stage is a project by Manuel Canelles. It reflects on language matter, the identity of the perception and on the construction of perceived reality: what we enjoy does not necessarily correspond to (our idea of) reality. The project investigates the relationship between reality and its representation by exploring the language as an expressive matter through the different phases of the work.
What are we led to believe every day? Are we sure that what we give credit to every day in various areas – political, economic, personal – corresponds to a conscious choice? Or perhaps, rather, the process of building reality is one of the highest forms of control?
On stage is, than, a project that will be developed in various phases involving several international partners. The final outcome will be the representation of a radio drama, accessible through audio speakers.
The first phase was held in Rome (Italy) at Officine Nove, involving artists, sociologists, writers and directors who have worked on the construction of a dramaturgy where the line is weak and thin between what is fiction and what is reality.
During the second phase in Barcelona (Spain), at Espronceda, the project will be transformed into an experiential laboratory, directly involving the territory and its inhabitants, in order to capture all the sounds of everyday life.
During the opening, audio speakers will transmit the sounds produced during the workshop and in doing so, create a sound carpet that will give the feeling of participating in the lives of others. The Audience will also be able to enter inside the “control room” where they tell, in an anonymous form, the imagined story, and the surfaced images. Therefore, the audience can build their own personal dramaturgy by engaging in a dialogue between their own imagination – their own historical experience – and what the sound speakers transmit objectively.
The third phase will be defined in the future. It will combine the data and experiences produced in Italy and Spain, and be accompanied by an editorial publishing that will interactively narrate the artistic process.
A PROJECT BY
Manuel Canelles
CURATED BY
Roberta Melasecca Savina Tarsitano Ilaria Termolino
PRODUCTIONS
Interno 14 next (Roma, It)
Espronceda – Institute of Art & Culture (Barcelona, Es)
Spazio5 artecontemporanea (Bolzano, Trieste, It)
WITH THE CONTRIBUTION OF
Espronceda – Institute of Art & Culture
Provincia Autonoma di Bolz - ano/Alto Adige – Ripartizione Cultura Italiana
Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano - Ufficio Politiche giovanili
PARTNERS
Centro di cultura giovanile Vintola18, Bolzano, IT
ShowDesk, Napoli, IT
COLLABORATIONS
Marco Angelini artist
Marco Binotto sociologist
Martina Ferraretto cinematographer
Angela Giassi dramaturge
Angelo Ippati sound engineer
Barbara Lalle artist
Eva Loprieno videomaker
Silvia Morandi performer
Fabrizio Nastari musician
Claudia Quintieri writer
Valeria Termolino translator
Federica Zianni artist
THEATRE
Flora Sarrubbo
Manuel Canelles
and
Oscar Bettini
Cinzia Butelli
Carla De Vita
Emilia Pometti
Cristina Righetti
Giacomo Santi
Marco Serena
Ginevra Tarascio
Marinella Zanvettor
THANKSGIVING
MACRO / Officine Nove
website: www.onstagerproject.eu