“The Theatre is not violence, it is erosion.  It likes to abrade the moulds of society. In contrast to a hurricane, it is rather like water or the wind, which form the ever changing face of the Earth in nearly imperceptible ways.” Omar Valino A personal invitation for you to a theater immersion laboratory . . . a period of development with antagon, living and working together. For 17 days, many diverse people will interact with one another in a braid of micro and macro structures. Each person for him- or herself, each person for the group, the group for every individual.   We are interested in the questions and visions of the human beings who have been flooded with “culture” at the beginning of this century. A century that matters, one that follows a time period of greedy souls hording material things and expanding their wealth, a century that has thrown all cultures to the ground and nearly stamped them out, wielding a mechanism that is still lashing out.   For us, it is time again to pose urgent questions about the origin and the character of this environment and of us as humans. Which visions could be changed, which could force the rudder in the other direction? “Hambre y Vida” (Hunger and Life) is our theater lab in Spain; it has been a creative space for the development of ideas, in which we crystalise the important focalpoints of our work: working with collective processes, rituals, and the sensing of the elements as the fundamental building blocks of this world and of our theater. The elements are starting points, somewhat through a magnifying glass, through which we can more clearly view our own reality. They are secret deliverers and carry in themselves the experience of the battles and lives of the human race. Standing before one’s own wall, questions can be asked, in order to find new and powerful paths that are also politically collective. “The task of art, culture, education, and the upbringing of the future can only be to sensitise humans to comprehend that they can break through the reigns of control and once again perceive themselvs as a part of the Earth.” Josef Mayer For us, antagon, the form of our theater is inseparable from the process in the group. Our goal is to bring these messages into the daily stage. about the theater group antagon theaterAKTion, founded in 1990 by Bernhard Bub as the Theater on Wheels, is an independent performance theater that pushes the boundaries of theater into a new age, while simultaneously seeking out the forgotten roots of traditional theater. hambre y vida theater laboratory with antagon theaterAKTion place: Andalucía, Spain date: February 26 - March 14, 2010 cost: 500€/450€ (including transportation and food) preparations meeting : Sat., February 13, 2010, 12 noon, antagon Halle departure: with the antagon tour bus from Frankfurt/Main to Capo de Gata / Campo de Nijar prerequisites: for all interested - regardless of previous theatrical experience - who would consider working with antagon over a longer period of time registration: limited number of participants, 100 Euro non-refundable deposit conditions: a personal conversation about your previous work, your experiences with physical training, your personal emphases, and your own questions address: Orberstrasse 57, 60386 Frankfurt am Main Tel.: +49 (0)69 417041 info: Bernhard Bub (general director) +49 (0)172 6660173 Email: office@antagon.de Campo de Nijar Andalucía the periphery of the united Europe in parts completely destroyed lifestyles through tourism and rural migration ghost towns empty-swept valleys ghettos of the marginalised la grande hacienda del Franco gypsies in huge plastic greenhouses seven days of rain in a year desert steppes water is gold cheap prices for EU land felt all the way to Africa the Arab spirit rubs itself on the European way of life hundreds of years of the state trying to take control with the longest independence in the Spanish Civil War the long history of smuggling and pirating a special type of people, often closed, but tolerant and freedom-loving Photos >>