|
Mathieu Bertholet [13-29 janvier 2011] L'avenir, seulement Swiss artist Mathieu Bertholet, fan of architecture, politics, glam and L.A., rehearses and creates his new work at T2G. He talks about Rosa Luxemburg, utopias, commitments, necessary and unnecessary policies, revolutions, workers on the move, war and unemployment. But above all, about Rosa, about a communist who died for her ideas.
INTERVIEWWith Mathieu Bertholet What do you set out to achieve with your work? To develop a physical and choreographic vocabulary. To give the characters on the stage a sensual presence. To interfere with a text only once a certain stage comes to a definitive end. What was the inspiration for this project? I wanted to question the current economic crisis using ideas developed by Karl Marx in Das Kapital. Rosa Luxemburg is emblematic of a certain sort of communist orthodoxy, and I think it’s interesting to talk about her struggles now that people are talking about “the death of capitalism”. What can we make of it? As a writer, I’m lucky not having to rely on anyone to edit my work, torture it, and destroy its message in order to make it palatable to an audience. I want the more physical dimension of my work and my writing to stand out equally. Where does this work stand in terms of your career? You could say it was a form of continuity. I take ideas from existing characters to create the themes of my work. I don’t like making up stories… I like finding the best way of telling them. What are your expectations of performing for the audience at T2G? I want to tell the story of Rosa Luxemburg’s political engagement, but also to bear witness to the experiences of the residents of Gennevillers in the face of the crisis. Interview by Patrick Sourd ABOUTRosa a passé 834 jours en prison. Des jours seule. Des jours avec ses livres. Des jours à se souvenir de ses livres, de ses amis. Des jours à écouter les bruits de la rue traverser les barreaux. Des jours à attendre des visites. Des jours à sʼen réjouir. Dʼautres à souffrir de leur départ. Tous les jours à penser. Un monde autrement. |
SUIVRE LE T2G 
|
||||
