THE DEMOCRATIC SET

I høst har Danselaboratoriet og Danseteateret fått være med på et helt spesielt filmprosjekt, nemlig THE DEMOCRATIC SET. Prosjektet drives av det australske teaterkompaniet Back To Back Theatre. Kompaniet har i løpet av de siste 15 årene har reist verden rundt og engasjert lokalbefolkning i THE DEMOCRATIC SET. I høst kom de til Trondheim og Rosendal Teater for lage film med lokalbefolkingen her i forbindelse med Bastard – Trondheim internasjonale scenekunstfestival 17.-20. september 2005.

Om prosjektet:

«Disturbingly obvious and tantalisingly strange, THE DEMOCRATIC SET is an experimental residency model for working with communities.

Created using an assembly of short performances for film, THE DEMOCRATIC SET is an unrestricted and uncensored exploration of ideals of equality and freedom.

Using a custom-made film set, a neutral room with two opposing doors, THE DEMOCRATIC SET is a free space to be pushed, extended or manipulated, with each participant having full control over how their time is spent in the set.

Authoring a unique living trace of a community at a particular moment in time, THE DEMOCRATIC SET invites each participant to untangle what an uncensored space means to them, and each viewer to be surprised and seduced by the mysterious, funny, poignant and provocative sets as they pan the screen.»

Original Concept, Design & Direction Bruce Gladwin
Design & Original Set Construction Mark Cuthbertson
Original Videography Rhian Hinkley

Developed with support from
The Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Victorian Government through Arts Victoria.

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