Philippe Riéra / SUPERAMAS
What can performing arts do out of al-Gaddafi and other "real politics" outbreaks

What can performing arts do out of al-Gaddafi and other "real politics" outbreaks? step 1 towards a new creation of SUPERAMAS …or ...through different techniques of composition (framing/re-framing, re-contextualising), we will work on identifying and use anew individual and collective systems. Far from naïvety and yet forced to reconsider the "utopia" of a possible togetherness, leaning upon current politics and states of the world (Libya, Egypt, Japan...), we will use our known tools and backgrounds (contemporary dance, acting, performing, singing...) to represent and reshape those facts for the sake of a performative understanding and interpretation of what a while ago "we" embraced with a large enthusiasm, i.e Napoleon, Lenin, Gandhi, Berlusconi... among others! This joyful Coaching Project addresses performers who suffer from a strong discontent when it comes down to link an Art practice to this beloved society we live in. It addresses anyone who is willing to engage with a strong embodiment of what TV news channels feed us with constantly. At the end of the workshop we should be ready to present a public performance whose title could be: "Some singular and collective takes on the world." As the Poet once said, "the world is a ball"... I then would suggest to kick it hard! Philippe Riera is a founding member of the SUPERAMAS group. Superamas is an artist collective based in Belgium, Vienna and Paris. In French "Superamas" stands for a big migrating galaxy cluster, the biggest known structure in the universe. Founded in 1999 the collective is known to search for creative impulses in all areas of life. They mingle their source material with performance, dance, lighting, video, installation and music by equally treating each of these media. They call their method "dé-montrer" which originally described an entity to be broken down and dismembered, thus the visual facts become disputable. In 1999 they debuted with "Building", which was followed by many productions for theatres and festivals in Europe and the US, such as: "BIG-Triology" (2002, 2004, 2006), a.o. For 2010/11 they plan the publication of a book with La Pesse du Reel and Jeroen Peeters on the "BIG"-seris. "Big, 3rd episode (happy/end)", "High Art" and "Empire (Art & Politics)", "Youdream" (2011) are currently on tour throughout Europe and Northamerica. www.superamas.com