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Climate Crisis & Contemporary Culture: Anthropocene Theater: "Moving Earth"
Between philosophy and theatre, this production is a mix of genres: we think it is well suited to the current period, in which changes in ideas about the world are accompanied by changes in representations of that world. It is this aesthetics of science on the stage that we have been pursuing together for more than ten years.
Whereas in 1610 we had to absorb the shock that "the earth moves", following Galileo’s discovery, in 2021 we have to accept the much more surprising shock that the earth trembles and reacts to human actions to the point of disrupting all our development projects.
We invite the audience to test the hypothesis of a parallel between the era of the astronomical revolution and ours. Are we experiencing a world transformation as profound and radical as that of Galileo's time? One thing is certain: we no longer know exactly what planet we live on, nor how to describe it. It is not a single, fixed and stable Earth, but a multitude of planets that lie before us, and which we must explore to find out which one to land on.
Text: Bruno Latour
Directed by: Frédérique Aït-Touati
Stage design: Patrick Laffont de Lojo
With: Duncan Evennou
Production: Critical Zone / Co-production: Centre Pompidou, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers
With the participation of DICRéAM and the support of the Carasso Foundation and NA Fun.
Please register through Georgia Tech's registration page.
