Monolabo evening starting at 19:30
Does It Bite? | Monolabo | Création
By and with Olga Pozeli
Greece
In English
Performance
Animals were – and will always be – a central element of the human world. We may completely ignore, or choose to ignore, the vast majority of them but those with which we interact, are of enormous importance. We share our life with them, they are our mortal companions.
In our devised show, Does it Bite? we try to talk about their rights, blurring the boundaries between art and life, with animals always at the foreground. We make an attempt to explore their place in a socially aware art. We move the animal from a victim/object position to an active subject.
Our narrative is not linear. The story is not one, but many – imperfect ones.
We do not aim to give definitive answers. The images are fragmentary: Leashes we don't know what they have attached to their other end – animal or human? Cages that capture…who? Rhythmic rituals. Animal trackseverywhere. Their imminent disappearance and what it would mean for all of us.