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CREDERE ALLE MASCHERE

Believing in Masks. Romeo Castellucci

Performance Vienna Festival
The image shows a portrait of Stan Laurel, captured in a highly stylized, monochromatic blue color scheme. He is wearing a dark suit with a bow tie and his signature round hat. His facial expression appears slightly uncertain or pensive—with furrowed eyebrows and a faint, hesitant smile.
© Stan Laurel


Halle G  /  Halle E+G
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The Republic of Gods couldn’t make do without him: the Italian director and creator of total art Romeo Castellucci, who questions the very essence of the sacred per se. His works are brimming with biblical, mythological and iconographic references, shaped by distance from and the presence of God, by rituals and liturgical forms.

As a regular participant in the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen), his productions have triggered exultation and protest alike. Now he returns with his most recent installation performance. Fifty masks were designed for this show; each belongs to one person in the audience. Believing in Masks is a kind of riddle that reflects the individual gaze and questions the morality of watching itself. At the centre of the riddle, there is a famous chair – a chair that holds a long history, a story of art and death.

Information

  • Recommended for ages 14 and up
  • Artistik talk on June 7 following the third performance

Halle G

Halle E+G

Gray 3D site plan of the Museumsquartier Wien with the area marked in red at the location of the Halle E+G
© MuseumsQuartier Wien

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