Tuesday, May 1, 2007

BOOKS ONCE READ MAKE A GOOD BULLET PROOFING by SANJA MITROVIC

"Books once read make a good bullet proofing" explores our ideals and beliefs, with all their inherent contradictions and paradoxes. It is inspired by the butt-end of the protest movements of the mid ‘70s, in particular the kidnapping of Patty Hearst by the radical political organization the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA).

The performance brings together pre–recorded video material and live action. By reproducing the original statements of the revolutionary group and its victim, the performance takes the shape of a peculiar “terrorist karaoke.”

While a group of thirteen year olds act out elements of the Patty Hearst story, adults recorded on video seem to be attempting to learn their “roles.” The combination of the children’s unaffected performances and the political statements they are re–enacting brings about an uneasy tension through which our own preconceptions are questioned.

concept, direction Sanja Mitrovic
dramaturgy Desiree Delauney
sound designer Vlada Rakic
performers Kiefer Brink, Carlotte Dessauvagie, Charlie de Graaf, Christel Havers, Dolf van Langelaar, Petra van Leeuwen, Annick van Oosten, Emily Yakobi, Sanja Mitrovic

Gasthuis production, 2007.

For more information visit: http://www.theatergasthuis.nl/default.asp?path=y42o62eo&pc=0607_BOOKS

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