LECTURE ON NOTHING Change Performing Arts (Italy) / Robert Wilson (The USA)
Age suitability: 18+
Duration: 70 min Venue: Theatre of Nations Address: Petrovsky, 3
Premiered on August 22, 2012 at the Ruhrtriennale Festival, Jahrhunderthalle, Bochum, Germany Performed in English. As a homage to revolutionary composer John Cage, Robert Wilson performs Cage's Lecture on Nothing, one of the central texts of twentieth-century experimental literature. The production has been described as being an "acoustically and visually inspiring approach to the philosophical and poetic text" which Cage based on a complex time length scheme similar to some of his music.
TEAM
Text by John Cage
Created, directed and performed by Robert Wilson
Co-directors — Tilman Hecker, Ann-Christin Rommen
Man with eyeglass — Tilman Hecker
Dramaturgy — Stephan Buchberger
Make up — Manu Halligan
Music by Arno Kraehahn
Video by Tomek Jeziorski
Technical director — Reinhard Bichsel
Light board operator — Aliberto Sagretti
Stage & props — Monica Danielsson
Production manager — Virginia Forlani
Director’s assistant — Fernando de Testa
Executive producer — Change Performing Arts
Originally commissioned and produced by RuhrTriennale