shantihtown construction

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shantihtown construction

Address: Triftstraße 53
ZIP, City: 13353 Berlin
Country: Germany

Web: http://www.shantihtownconstruction.de/

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shantihtown construction

shantih.
- (ind.) peace
- shanty: songs of slaves
- "shantih, shantih, shantih" last words of "the waste land" T.S. Eliot: Postmodernity, Interest: Poetry
- "Tristram Shandy" Laurence Sterne. modern forms of storytelling, labyrinthic discourse, fragments
- "Andi" (reminescence Woyzeck)

town.
- shantytown (slums in South Afrika/ South America / India / New Zealand etc.)
- construction of imaginative city (Utopia): arte povera / poor theatre

construction.
- consistence, systemic Atems, artistic forms
- construction, aspects of artistic production
- constructive artistic ideas and drafts

group „shantihtown construction“ - living in Berlin - is responsible for several projects / stagings in Germany. the group combines social - cultural and artistic needs in its performances.

three criteria in relation to the work of shantihtown construction are:

- engagement with the culture of france (french Texts of modern and postmodern Autors, first performance / premiere)

- involvement with modern patterns of roles ( identity, aspects of biography, discourses on memory etc.)

- selfreflective forms of theatre (theatre within, lecture performance, reflexions on artistic process...)

Develop alternative and unknown stages / areas, actual items and performative semiotics, new media, theatrical recherche as central aspects of group "shantytown construction".

Unfold contents and contexts of performances in scientific discourse (conferences, discussions, scientific lectures etc. ) as concept of the group.

work in progress: starting with research of items /texts and coherences, workshops, forms of improvisation and rehearsals, to staging - „work in progress“ - is the method of the ensemble "shantihtown construction" as collective creation.

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