The Void

THERE WILL NOT REALLY BE

words (the acrobat plays badly).

any animals (they have been eaten).

any costumes (calm down: there will be no nudity either).

any scenery (the theater is indeed naked)

There will not really be any texts of presentation that promise you a show « poetic, funny and deep ». Or « oneiric, shifted and moving ». And still less « carried by grace » or « that stops time ». So many other texts promised you the same thing, how could you believe this one?

There is no false humility either: you must come. True, there are only two types, some strings, and tape recorders but we think it’s worth it.

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Isn’t circus the kingdom of absurd ? Isn’t the place where one comes to see a man take the liberty to accomplish a gesture which is willingly absurd, putting his whole life into it ?

He risks his life : for nothing, like one takes the risk to live : for nothing. Here the mountain is pushed to a limit, a pure vertical : a rope. There’s only one thing to do : climb up. There’s only one thing to do : climb down. And maybe in the midst of it all, ask ourselves why. And maybe in the midst of it all, acknowledge that we don’t know why.

« À partir du moment ou elle est reconnue, l’absurdité est une passion, la plus déchirante de toutes. Mais savoir si l’on peut vivre avec ses passions, savoir si l’on peut accepter leur loi profonde qui est de brûler le cœur que dans le même temps elles exaltent, voilà toute la question. » *

The parallel with the myth of Sisyphus, who, punished by the gods, is condemned to climb a mountain carrying a rock, which ceaselessly rolls down, and Sisyphus condemned to start over again, and this for eternity, seemed evident. Explore the limits, understand them and push them back for simplicity, to refine, to understand.

*Le Mythe de Sisyphe, Albert Camus

Editions Gallimard, 1942

THE END OF THE VOID

The show The Void – circus attempt ended its tour on November the 15th, 2019 in l’Académie Fratellini.

TRACES OF THE VOID

If you want:

★ to read the final word of The Void, it’s here.

★ to see The Void video, there is one there.

★ to have a look to the photographs that captured The Void and often traveled with it, you can go and watch the Void Suspension and the Jump into the Void.