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In 2004, a painting by Mark Rothko sold for more than eight million dollars. Seven years later, the work was identified as a forgery, a Rohtko painted by a maths teacher in his garage. A true story on which Łukasz Twarkowski has based a monumental play on the value of art.
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Teatro Strehler
Can a forged painting generate true emotion? And, vice versa, can an authentic masterpiece provoke unreal sensations? What determines the value of a work of art? What, in essence, is art?
Drawing inspiration from the scandal that involved a New-York gallery – the sale, for more than eight million dollars, of a painting by the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko that turned out to be a forgery – Łukasz Twarkowski, a rising star on the European theatrical scene, has created a work that explores new trends in art in our digital age.
With a spectacular staging, and thanks to a story that shifts between the Sixties and the present day, Rohtko raises questions over the relationship between originals and copies, between the real and the virtual, and between mediation and representation.
Duration: 235’ including an intermission
Can a forged painting generate true emotion? And, vice versa, can an authentic masterpiece provoke unreal sensations? What determines the value of a work of art? What, in essence, is art?
Drawing inspiration from the scandal that involved a New-York gallery – the sale, for more than eight million dollars, of a painting by the abstract expressionist Mark Rothko that turned out to be a forgery – Łukasz Twarkowski, a rising star on the European theatrical scene, has created a work that explores new trends in art in our digital age.
With a spectacular staging, and thanks to a story that shifts between the Sixties and the present day, Rohtko raises questions over the relationship between originals and copies, between the real and the virtual, and between mediation and representation.
Duration: 235’ including an intermission
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
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© Artūrs Pavlovs
Credits
Rohtko
by Anka Herbut
director Łukasz Twarkowski
with Juris Bartkevičs, Kaspars Dumburs, Toms Veličko, Ērika Eglija-Grāvele, Yan Huang, Andrzej Jakubczyk, Rēzija Kalniņa, Katarzyna Osipuk, Artūrs Skrastiņš, Mārtiņš Upenieks, Vita Vārpiņa, Xiaochen Wang
stage designer Fabien Lédé
costume designer Svenja Gassen
music design Lubomir Grzelak
video artist Jakub Lech lighting
designer Eugenijus Sabaliauskas
choreographer Pawel Sakowicz
director’s assistants Mārtiņš Gūtmanis, Diāna Kaijaka, Adam Zduńczyk
dramaturg’s assistant Linda Šterna
costume designer’s assistant Bastian Stein
video artist’s assistant Adam Zduńczyk
video camera operators Arturs Gruzdiņš, Jonatāns Goba
stage manager Iveta Boša
producer Ginta Tropa
international production and distribution Vidas Bizunevicius (NewError)
a Dailes Theatre production
in co-production with JK Opole Theatre and Adam Mickiewicz Institute
with co-financing from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
Rohtko was first premiered on 12 March 2022 at Dailes Theatre, Riga, Latvia
with the support of
The performance includes loud music. Strobe lights and smoke machines are used during the performance. The actors smoke on stage during the performance
A show performed in Latvian, English, Polish and Chinese with Italian and English surtitles by Prescott Studio
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