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DEZINTOXICARE / DETOX

DETOX is a performative installation inspired by Journal de deuil  by Roland Barthes devised bewteen actress Nicoleta Lefter and video designer Cinty Ionescu, on  a sound design by Miron Ghiu and stage design by Cristina Milea,  using video projection, slide projection and a live camera feed.  Bucharest, 2012

“I advise the addict who has been deprived for eight days to bury his head in hes arm, to glue his ear to that arm, and to wait. Upheavals, riots, factories exploding, armies retreating, flood – in the starry night of the human body, the ear bears witness to an entire apocalypse.” Jean Cocteau – “Opium, Diary of a detox”

Excerpts from a more theoretical than practical text, this is the advice of one of the theorists of postmodernism regarding the understanding of death and loss. The show exorcises mourning by interpreting the detoxification of Roland Barthes and Jean Cocteau through a performative installation, with feelings intersected by audio/video streams. (A)live, understanding loss differently.

The Team

inspired by Roland Barthes
Performer: Nicoleta Lefter
(live) Audio: Miron Ghi
(live) Video: Cinty Ionescu
Set Design: Cristina Milea
Grafică: Sant Eustacio
Artistic Advisor: Gina Șerbănescu
produced with the support of The French Institute in Bucharest