Three artists from different cultural backgrounds, with Jewish, German and eastern European roots, will travel to Central and Eastern Europe in fall 2010 to dig up their personal and collective “inheritances.”
Travelling through specific places in Germany, Poland, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, the group will conduct interviews and gather research to create an original physical theatre piece combining movement, film and text based on this theme of inheritance.
In 2007, the project was initially sparked when the three of us met in London to embark on a journey together at the physical theatre program, London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA).
Upon meeting, we all soon realized that we harboured unconscious prejudices towards each other. Yet, over time, we learned to deal with these resistances by having several lengthy discussions as well as by working collaboratively on various creative projects.
In the end, these deep-seated feelings had moved each of us on a personal level and we were provoked to uncover their origins as a group.
These questions guide our investigation of inheritance:
As artists, we would like to share the results of our exploration with an audience and, in turn, we hope to gather your (varied) response.
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