2014 · 90min · Captions
Germinal
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About this performance
How serious is the entirety of human civilization? Four intrepid individuals begin with a blank stage and gleefully rebuild life as we know it. Their tools include mind melds, pickaxes, microphones, electric guitars, and four-part harmony. Ingeniously remaking social codes, laws of physics, philosophy, music, and human communication, Germinal posits the theory that human civilization may be just one big theater trick. This layered study in theater magic is one of the most talked-about shows on the international arts circuit. In French with English surtitles.
About the artist
Antoine Defoort & Halory Goerger
DEFOORT AND GOERGER hail from France. They are musicians, actors, philosophers, pranksters, artists, and inventors. They excel at mixing genres, upending social codes, and not taking themselves too seriously. Their super-clever mix of visual art, theater, music, and sociology marked them as rising stars at the 2013 Avignon Festival.
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