After it was declared culturally significant, the performance was shownIt has happened to all of us as Romanons Returns to only two posts in El Sabato cultural space (Oreburu 763, Kappa). Under the general direction of Gustavo Mosconathe performance brings together 20 artists to interrogate one of the most traumatic events in Buenos Aires’ recent history, from the present. Quotes are Saturday 6 and 13 December at 2.
Moscona, the author and director of the work, explained in an exclusive interview that The project was born from the need to move beyond the event itself. The basis was his own story, that of the white tuba, but the work was nourished by the collective experience. “Cro-Magnon has passed through all of us. It seemed like an important challenge to me, not just to think about what happened there, but to think about ourselves within what happened. What were we doing? What were we going to do?” They were revealed during the conversation which we share below:
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Theatrical performance is an act of collective memory It brings together a diverse group: actors, people with no theater experience, survivors, friends of survivors and family members. “We took this idea from Pavlovsky that dramatic reproduction is not about telling one story, but about telling many stories.”“, stated the director. The main challenge in creating the work wasAvoid falling for the imposing or low blow. To achieve this, Moscona, along with the person responsible for the staging Mariela Bonillaimagine a breathtaking device that breaks the traditional barrier. “There is no platform, so there is no comfort in sitting, they are all standing.”He explained.
The 45-minute performance is an installation that intersects theatre, sound, poetry and image. The path is not linear, but a puzzle of fragments during which names and stories are heard and specific moments are recreatedFrom previewing the recitation until the moments of trial, It seeks to blur the boundaries between audience and performers. The director confirms that although the subject is difficult, the intention is not that way.”dropping“For people but to provide an experience that moves them.
Youth persistence
For MiskounaThe need to remember the Cro-Magnon tragedy after so many years remains urgent. “We take this phrase from Rodolfo Walsh who said that the real graveyard is memory -Quoted from-. toMemory is what allows us to keep these boys and girls alive. “This is how their parents, relatives and friends remember them.” The director’s motivation for tackling the subject arose from a personal anecdote with Student alive Of the tragedy studied by sociology.”To know what it means to be human.”
The work addresses the complexities of time and questions that continue to resonate in society, from the tension between “massacre” also “tragedy“, even awareness of it “The Mad Crow passes through all of us as friends, as parents, as acquaintances, and as mere witnesses“. The setting calls for an exercise in living memory, He avoids giving up and seeks to transform memory into action. Find more information about tickets here.