New production JACKSON POLLESCH

Jackson Pollock in Warsaw? No, it is just a title of a new „Polish” performance by René Pollesch, who probably points out the similarity of his own creation method and the action painting technique of an American abstactionniste, which broadly speaking means exploring the limits of intentional creation.

René Pollesch, one of the leaders of European postmodern theatrical avant-garde, directs for the second time in TR Warszawa.

The director comments on his new project: „Today, creative people watch performances as viewers. It was the other way round before. Those who were creative were on stage, while the others admired their elitist work. The fact that creativity, artistic impulse, entrepreneurship are expected by the society and the creative human being became almost an icon of capitalist spirit is probably owned, among others, to theatrical artists. And even though flexibility, mobility, creativity and responsibility do not have such a well established position on the market of ethical values as greed, hate, jealousy, revenge, love, death, guilty or fate, it is to the creativity, and it is time to say it aloud, that the future belongs.
So, when greed is the subject of a play, the spectators may follow the plot about the greed and draw conclusions from it. But it is important to add that most of them do not feel the need to become greedy. At the same time, all of them have to meet only one condition – they need to be creative.”

Premiere 17 September 2011.

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