What if the landscape were a theatre? What if art did not imitate nature, but rather allowed us to experience it collectively? What is at stake in our relationship with “nature” and its representations, in this era in which climate and resources have made us aware of our fragility and interdependence?
Paesaggi condivisi is an invitation to leave the theatre and spend a day in nature; walking and exploring fields and forests, spectators will discover seven works of art, seven variations on the theme of landscape. Stefan Kaegi, from the Rimini Protokoll collective, and Caroline Barneaud, curator of the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, have invited ten European artists to share their visions on our relationship with the territory. Performative and choreographic interventions, sound and multimedia creations and dives into philosophy offer a collective and participatory experience.
Paesaggi condivisi is part of the European project Performing Landscape, which sees the involvement of eight partners from Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia and Switzerland. Artists, cultural organisers and experts reflect on notions of art, the landscape and the territory. Drawing a visible and invisible map of the European locations involved, they reveal the spaces that the share through the lens of the arts and the sciences. An alternative way to examine and reinvent Europe together. Paesaggi condivisi made its debut on 14 May 2023 in Chalet-à-Gobet with the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne and has currently been adapted and presented in the various locations involved: Avignon, Berlin, Milan, Ljubljana, St. Pölten, the Girona region and the Lisbon region.