…no one said that Theater must portray life…

Antonin Artaud

PSITTACUS ERITHACUS

Summer and Winter, black and white, northern and westerly winds, life-size china sheep, artificial snow and sand give the stage a dreamlike aura. Spooky, lifeless department store mannequins defy moral-philosophical understanding and reason.

A „ship of fools“ is making its way to America. Amongst the passengers is Immanuel Kant, traveling with his young attendant Tadzio and his alter ego a grey parrot. During the journey, the brillant but arrogant intellectual celebrates his own genius, losing touch with reality. His Genius is trapped in a magnificent but empty Dome, floating over the surface of the ocean.

This dance-theatre piece inspired by Thomas Bernhard’s ‘Imanuel Kant’ unifies text, movement and images culminating in a critical second look at Kant’s philosophical superstructure.