ANNA RISPOLI / MARTINA ANGELOTTI (Belgium):

A CERTAIN VALUE

ZOOM PERFORMANCE WITH VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION (SCRIPT READING)
Script Readers (‘Readers’)
Wed 26 May 2021 6pm (120 mins)
Sat 29 May 2021 2pm (120 mins)

General Audience (‘Listeners’)
Wed 26 May 2021 7pm (60 mins)
Sat 29 May 2021 3pm (60 mins)

Launched as a research project on sharing and mutualized practices, A Certain Value immerses itself in the radical, artistic and human experiences of four European collectives:

  • a group of inmates in a women's prison

  • families of migrants and unaccompanied minors living in an occupied building

  • an art collective who share a single bank account

  • eco-activist children from public schools or homeschooling projects, worried about the fate of the planet

All these new voices, gathered in Genk, Rennes, Marseille, Brussels and Budapest, have given birth to a hybrid form, where real conversations are edited into a fictional dialogue between the different collectives, inviting the public to slip into the shoes of the protagonists in an interactive script.

You can register to be one of the script readers in this piece (no experience necessary), becoming one of the protagonists of A Certain Value, or just be part of the audience who watch and listen in, as the collectives share and discuss their radical alternative views and policies. Once you’ve booked your Festival Pass you can register for a script reading part in the Festival Hub.

Anna Rispoli is an Italian artist based in Brussels. Rispoli works between artistic practice and activism, exploring in a performative way the triangulation between humans-cities-identities.

Martina Angelotti is an Italian curator and art critic, working on artistic projects mainly focused on participation and art in public space, moving images and performance, in Italy and across Europe.

Céline Estenne is a performer, dramaturge, co-author, artistic assistant, and runs a research project based on the notion of work, Travail Passion, of which the first chapter (We had good teeth) will be a participatory and transgenerational project.

Concept and research Anna Rispoli & Martina Angelotti
Writing Anna Rispoli & Céline Estenne
With the testimonies of residents of the Collectif 59 Saint Just, the Common Wallet, the inmates the Prison for Women of Rennes, the Italian community in Genk, the children of the School Primaria and Mars Program Private Learning Group in Budapest.
Dramaturgy Céline Estenne
Scenography Canedicoda
Design Luca Coppola/AUT Design Collective
Producer and tour manager Marine Thévenet
Executive producer CIFAS

Partners of the research residencies: C-TAKT Dommelhof/Genk, Lieux publics/Marseille, Les Tombées de la Nuit/Rennes, CIFAS/Brussels, PLACC/Budapest.

Pilot project of the platform IN SITU, A Certain Value has received the support for creation in the frame of the project ACT, co-funded by the programme Creative Europe of the European Union.

 Coproducers: Atelier 231 (FR), Festival di Terni (IT), Freedom Festival (UK), La Strada Graz (AT), Lieux Publics, pole européen et centre national de creation en espace public (FR), Norfolk & Norwich Festival (UK), Østfold kulturutvikling (NO), Oerel Festival (NL), Theater op de Markt (BE), UZ Arts (UK).