Hello… can you hear me??
How much closeness is possible between strangers separated by continents, cultures and generations? How does theatre work in absence of physical presence?
What happens when teenagers get to ask adults about topics like shame, sorrow, age, bodies, death and the future of our world?
Body of Knowledge (at Home) is an invitation to participate in an exchange between faraway bodies.
Theatremaker Samara Hersch works with a group of Singaporean and Australian teenagers to express and discuss their curiosities, fears, desires and hopes. With the phone line as the stage, each teen is connected to an adult audience member, who is invited to respond to their burning questions.
At the intersection between performance and social engagement, Body of Knowledge (at Home) explores the unsaid and unexplored through intergenerational dialogue and knowledge exchange. It facilitates honest conversations that have the power to shake convictions, shift perceptions and to reposition one’s own biography.
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Body of Knowledge was originally realized in the framework of Be SpectACTive! – CapoTrave/Kilowatt (IT), Artemrede (PT), Bakelit Multi Art Center (HU), Brut (AT), BUDA Kortrijk (BE), Cafè de las Artes Teatro (ES), Domino (HR), Divadelná Nitra(SK), Dublin theatre festival (IE), Göteborgs stadss kulturförvaltning/ Stora teatern (SE), Institution Student Cultural Centre (RS), Occitanie en scène languedoc-roussillon (FR), Plesni teater (SI), Tanec praha (CZ), Teatrul national Radu Stanca (RO), Performance Space, Liveworks Festival and SICK! Festival FUNDED BY Australia Council for the Arts
The at home version is CO-PRODUCED by International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Züricher Theaterspektakel.
02 – 04.04.2021 (Fri – Sun)
Fri: 3pm, 6pm [GMT+8]
Sat:3pm, 6pm [GMT+8]
Sun: 3pm [GMT+8] (includes post-presentation dialogue; no intermission)
喂⋯⋯你能听到吗？？
来自世界不同大洲、不同文化背景、不同世代的陌生人，可以多亲近？而一个没有实体的剧场，又会是什么样子？
当青少年向成年人提出关于羞耻、悲伤、年龄、身体、死亡与我们世界未来的诘问，又将交织出怎么样的火花？
《Body of Knowledge (at Home)》邀请观众参与一场和来自彼方陌生人的交流。
剧场创作者 Samara Hersch 与来自新加坡和澳大利亚的青少年合作，以手机通话作为舞台，陈述他们的好奇、恐惧、欲望和希望，并一一串起与观众的连结。通过一对一的对话，参与演出的成人观众将试图回应电话另一头提出的各种棘手问题。
象徵着表演艺术与社会参与的交汇，《Body of Knowledge (at Home)》通过跨世代的对话和知识的交流，探索不曾被表达以及未曾加以探讨的事物，并将促成能够动摇你的信念、转变你的观点，甚而重新定位自己人生的诚实对话。
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《Body of Knowledge》由澳大利亚艺术理事会赞助支持，曾于 Be SpectACTive! – CapoTrave／Kilowatt（意大利）、Artemrede（葡萄牙）、Bakelit Multi Art Center（匈牙利）、Brut（奥地利）、BUDA Kortrijk（比利时）、Cafè de las Artes Teatro（西班牙）、Domino（克罗埃西亚）、Divadelná Nitra（斯洛伐克）、Dublin theatre festival（爱尔兰）、Göteborgs stadss kulturförvaltning／Stora teatern（瑞典）、Institution Student Cultural Centre（塞尔维亚）、Occitanie en scène languedoc-roussillon（法国）、Plesni teater（斯洛维尼亚）、Tanec praha（捷克）、Teatrul national Radu Stanca（罗马尼亚）、Performance Space、Liveworks Festival 和 SICK! Festival 巡回演出。
居家演出版本则由 International Summer Festival Kampnagel 与 Züricher Theaterspektakel 共同制作。
02 – 04.04.2021(星期五至日)
星期五: 3pm, 6pm [GMT+8]
星期六: 3pm, 6pm [GMT+8]
星期日: 3pm [GMT+8] （包括呈现后的对话；无中场休息）
When: 2 - 4 Apr 2021,
