—The Theatre Works of Mechanical Reproduction— PASSAGE Ⅲ
Playwright ,Director and Performer
length:40min
22nd-24th,November 2013
Venue :Komaba Agora Theater [Tokyo,Japan]
20th-22nd,December 2013
Venue :Enokojima Art ,Culture and Creative Center [Osaka,Japan]
4th-6th,July 2014
Venue:atelier GEKKEN [Kyoto,Japan]
This work is a trial to establish the method to prove the hypothesis ‘the drama can be reproduced’. There is no scene performed by a real actor. Walter Benjamin’s last 30 minutes is described by the stage effects, such as screen image, lighting, subtitles and stage setting. The techniques are already used in ‘PassageⅠ’ and ‘PassageⅡ’. The audience is likened to Walter Benjamin as well as the crowd, ‘the little hunchback’ in Benjamin’s reverie and ‘lost memories’. The audience is not only beholder, but also people involved in this work.
2013,Komaba Agora Theater
2013,Enokojima Art ,Culture and Creative Center
─Staff─ [2013]
Playwright and Director: Satoshi Ago Dramaturge: Masaki Nakamasa [Professor(PhD.)Faculty of Law University of Knazawa]
Stage Manager: Shuji Hamamura,Takao Nakanishi | Lighting Design:Akane Ikebe | Sound Co-ordination:Yasutaka Kobayakawa Video production:Tadashi Mitani(PixelEngine LLC.) | Prop Co-ordination:Yasue Hara | Production coordinator: Miwako Inoue(ARTCABINET)
Organized by Satoshi Ago
Co-produced by Enokojima Art ,Culture and Creative Center | Tie-up : Agora Planning LTD.,KOMABA AGORA THEATRE
Production Co-operation:atelier GEKKEN | Supported by The Saison Foundation ,OSAKA CITY
─Staff─ [2014]
Stage Manager: Shuji Hamamura | Lighting Design:Akane Ikebe/Sound Co-ordination:Yasutaka Kobayakawa |Video production:Tadashi Mitani(PixelEngine LLC.) | Prop Co-ordination:Yasue Hara | Production coordinator:Miwako Inoue(ARTCABINET)
Organized by Satoshi Ago,atelier GEKKEN
■THE PASSAGE SERIES
about ─The Theatre Works of Mechanical Reproduction─ PASSAGE Ⅰ (2012)
about ─The Theatre Works of Mechanical Reproduction─ PASSAGE Ⅱ (2012)
About Series “Passage”
The series are predicated on the theories of Walter Benjamin, who was a German literary critic and philosopher. He wrote “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” in 1935. The “Passage” series intend to study the possibility of mechanical reproduction drama.