ADIEU TO EMMANUEL LEVINAS

With straightforward emotions, Jacques Derrida's eulogy for the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas rises once again the call for responsibility towards the Other, as the core value in the life of man. Today, here and now, a man steps out and speaks up, in high voice and in public, this eulogy so that we, us all, receive comfort for the soul and moral strength from the speech towards an-other man, which is at the same time (also) a speech dedicated to the Other.

A brief performance-vocalization for the opening night of the DESTE Prize 2013, in response to the Selection Committee's request "to Nova Melancholia, which is distinguished for its multilayered and hybrid language, to present a special performance during the exhibition".

 

details

Performer: Vicky Kyriakoulakou
Text: Jacques Derrida
Translated by: Vanghelis Bitsoris (AGRA publications 1996)
Directed by: Vassilis Noulas
Assistant Director: Elisabeth Xanthopoulou
Duration: 20 min.

► DESTE PRIZE 2013 - MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART
[24 april 2013]
► EMBROS THEATRE  
[10 may 2013] 
► AVDI SQUARE - ATHENS CENTER  
[30 may 2013] 
► KOTZIA SQUARE - ATHENS CENTER 
[2 june 2013]

 

readings

1 feb 2014 - Congress: Politics of the Applied: Theatre and Art as Intervention
Institut für Theaterwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin
"On Agencies and Withdrawals" [en]
by Natascha Siouzouli

2013 - EVENT AS PROCESS - ATHENS BIENNALE 2013 AGORA
"Melancholy in the Desert. An Aesthetics of Exodus" [en]
by Natascha Siouzouli

December 2013 - THE AESTHETICS OF APPLIED THEATRE
"A Discourse Against Dialogue” [en]
by Dr Natascha Siouzouli
 

 

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