raw confessional poetry

raw confessional poetry by Galina Borisova - a performance-concert (hybrid form). The performance is based on challenges we found in three books: Maurizio Ferraris (Manifesto of New Realism), Antonin Artaud (The Theatre and Its Double) and Kerstin Stremmel (Realism). At a time when contemporary debates are framed by politics and identity, post-truth and the rise of populism, our team distances itself from these obsessive tendencies. While everything changes dizzyingly, the team engages with its own centrifugal forces and their external imprints. The performance aims to inspire or destroy the intentions and roughness between the segments: choreography, dance, dramaturgy, direction, musical scores, presence, clothing, objects, light, shadows, songs, manifestos. Poetic punk brutalism tempts the musicians of KAKE (Andrew Anderson, Martian Tabakov, Martin Penev) and the artists (Galina Borisova, Elena Ivanova, Nevena Kaludova) to probe together the discontent with the surrounding environment, launching harmless protest proposals without approved slogans and manifestos. The six artists on stage perform spontaneous structured actions: no constant thought, no narrative, no imitations. We do not play roles - we are ourselves! We deal with realism because it is real, with naturalism because it is natural, and with brutalism because it is monumental. - Galina Borisova. A production of Fondatsiya Etud in partnership with Galeria Etud and Toplocentrala.