«When you’re an activist, you can just shortcut»
In conversation with director Bruce Gladwin and actors from Back to Back Theatre about Zurich, activism and the meaning of acting.
Calling violence
Essay by Jakob Wunderwald
In «375 0908 2334», Igor Shugaleev embarks on a search for the possibilities of art after the failure of a revolution. Author and Slavic studies researcher Jakob Wunderwald classifies the activist performance in an essay.
Against the Incarceration of Female Bodies
In an extensive essay, author, curator and editor María Inés Plaza Lazo discusses colectivo LASTESIS’ practice of speech on the streets and stages.
«I love working with clichés»
Interview with Ragnar Kjartansson
Author Philipp Hindahl spoke with Ragnar Kjartansson about repetition, death and how the specifics of the Icelandic art scene shape his work.
A RAPIST IN YOUR PATH
The protest anthem «A Rapist in Your Path» by colectivo LASTESIS stands for intersectional resistance against a culture that veils and favours violence against women*.
«If you were to sing an anthem, what would you want to sing about?»
Negar Rezvani in dialogue with Samara Hersch about her involvement in «Please Stand», the importance of borders and anthems, and what role art can play in this.
Greed. Lust. Addiction.
Author Jovana Reisinger takes Phia Ménard's piece «La Trilogie des Contes Immoraux (pour Europe)» as a starting point for an essay on subjective experiences, feelings, judgements and the society that formed them.
The Love Death of Mohamad Bin Daoud
The piece «The Love Behind My Eyes» is based on a tragic love story from the 9th century. A forbidden relationship results in great sorrow, so immense and inconsolable that it ends in death. Author Anna Bertram looks back in time and follows the tracks of Mohamad Bin Daoud, the story’s protagonist.
Who are «we» and who the «others»?
With «Please Stand», Samara Hersch and Lara Thoms investigate the myths associated with nations and their songs and invite us to consider possibilities for new and alternative stories. The author Anna Froelicher has engaged in their thought experiment. The result is a personal, associative essay.
«Life is no trivial matter to us»
Interview with Tiziano Cruz
Anna Froelicher has conducted a virtual interview with Buenos Aires-based interdisciplinary artist Tiziano Cruz to talk about his piece «Soliloquy» and to explore the question why we are all equal, but some are more equal than others.
OF PLACEBO HOPES AND AMOROUS FEAR
(Affective) Life at the end of the world
In her essay philosopher Déborah Danowski draws lines between climate protest, coping with the pandemic and the visions of indigenous thinkers.
EDITORIAL BY THE FESTIVAL DIRECTION
On the 43rd edition of the Zürcher Theater Spektakel
Water, feminist perspectives and an unexpected turn of the times - The words of the festival management on the 2022 programme.