Persona
Persona is an installation by Romeo Castellucci (Italy) presented during the festival Meteor 2011.
Silenus is one of the basic characters in classic Greek comedy, often represented through a simple mask (a persona) with a satanic grin. In addition to being the servant of Dionysus he is, according to mythology, an old satyr detesting civilisation.
Information
(Objekt ID 17575)| Object type | Production |
| Produced by | Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio |
| Expressions | Installation |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
Romeo Castellucci – known for his dystopian, picturesque theatre work through the company Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio – presents in Persona a bronze mask of Silenus.
The aim of the installation Persona is to create fear, not for the mask itself, but for what it directs its all-seeing glance towards, that is us, the audience, representatives of the so-called humanity. The bronze statue also shares the function of old church bells - it sounds the alarm.
Romeo Castellucci's Persona formerly has been presented during the Prague Quadrennial's project Intersection: Intimacy and Spectacle (2011) and Festival Homo Novus in Riga (2011).
Source:
BIT Teatergarasjen, Meteor 2011. 02.09.2011: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no/article/418
| Name | Role |
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| Romeo Castellucci | – Artist |
| Istvan Zimmermann | – Special effects |
| Scott Gibbons | – Sound |
| Giacomo Strada | – Assistant Stage Designer |
| October 29, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 28, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 27, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 26, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 25, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 24, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 23, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 22, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 21, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| October 20, 2011 – Gamle Bergen Kretsfengsel |
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| METEOR | October 20, 2011 |