venerdì 29 gennaio 2016

About signs and transitions

"About sign and transitions" is a performance by the theatre group "Oltre quella sedia", with the cooperation of Vittorio Simonovich. It approaches a very sad chapter in European history: the euthanasia program (Aktion T4) carried on by the Nazis against incurably ill and physically or mentally disabled people, starting from september 1939. The program was officially discontinued in 1941, but killings continued until the end of the war, in 1945. As a result, more than 200.000 people, considered by the Nazis "lives unworthy of life", were killed during World War II. 
The performance, which was on stage on 27th January, is really touching and raises a question that will never have an answer: WHY?



Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia
Oltre quella sedia

giovedì 21 gennaio 2016

Welcome to the Academy of Madness

Dear friends,
I'm glad to introduce to you the "Academy of madness", a very special theatre group which, since the 70's, has been carrying on an important cultural project among people suffering of mental disease. As  Claudio Misculin, the director, says: "The madman can become an artistic talent, if only he is offered the possibility of exploring and performing other masks, different from the unique and over determined mask of the diseased man."
Last tuesday a crew of RAI, Italy's national public broadcasting company, came to Trieste and filmed  different situations related to the psychiatric reality in the town. Also Academy's actors where involved, while they were rehearsing some scenes of the piece: "I'm God and I don't want to heal".
As explained by Adriana Pannitteri, the RAI's journalist assigned to cover the story, the purpose of the filming in Trieste is to collect scenes and material for a documentary about the psychiatric assistance all over Italy. The documentary will air on RAI 1 in spring 2016.

So good luck to Adriana and good luck to the Academy of Madness: you are my angels!

That's all



Accademia della follia
Accademia della follia
Accademia della follia Dario Kuzma Claudio Misculin



My angels

Nik
Daniela
Bruna
Accademia della follia Giuseppe Feminiano
Pino
Accademia della follia Dario Kuzma
Dario
Accademia della follia Claudio Misculin
Claudio
Beppe