Offered in collaboration with Krug Integrated Theater Studio, this program focuses on the spatial specificity of Paweł Althamer’s installation Silence.
Silence is an unusual environment for the modern-day city dweller. It is difficult for us to achieve it, to trust it, and to sense its attractiveness and value. It can frighten us, reveal our defenselessness… But let's try to stop being busy and listen to silence like music, integrating into it as a completely alternative environment. Using simple tools and games, we will see how we are and, without being afraid to open up to ourselves and each other, will try to make the space of Silence safe and to “appropriate” it. In order to move from the urban to the natural environment, we will perform a chain of actions, including mutual greetings and movements in space that emphasize its form. During the sessions, we will play, make pauses and improvise, leaving time for contemplation.
A project by Krug Public Organization (Regional Public Organization for Social and Creative Rehabilitation “Krug”), Krug Integrated Theater Studio is a plastic theater that brings together professional actors, musicians, and other people with and without disabilities. Seeking new communication models, participants experiment with theatrical language and expressive means, while solving aesthetic and health-promoting tasks in the process. The studio’s laboratory practice culminates in inclusive productions and performances.
The event is part of the project Silence.
A project by Krug Public Organization (Regional Public Organization for Social and Creative Rehabilitation “Krug”), Krug Integrated Theater Studio is a plastic theater that brings together professional actors, musicians, and other people with and without disabilities. Seeking new communication models, participants experiment with theatrical language and expressive means, while solving aesthetic and health-promoting tasks in the process. The studio’s laboratory practice culminates in inclusive productions and performances.
The idea of the practicum program and performance
Natalya Popova is program director at Proteatr International Festival of Inclusive Theaters, director at Krug Integrated Theater Studio, author of the Cognitive Movement method for training actors in an inclusive team, a clinical psychologist, and chair of the board of Krug Public Organization (Regional Public Organization for Social and Creative Rehabilitation “Krug”).
