THE RIVER II

The River II» by Jasna L. Vinovrški is a work that has the format of a parkour. The audience is invited to three different spaces in which they can experience room installation, live performance and video projection. Each of these spaces zooms into the transitional period between life and death, by looking at personal space and objects after someone passing, as well as the ceremonial, and organisational aspect of a funeral: “What remains?” After the moment of passing, the private situation of grief and loss, suddenly becomes public and institutionalised; hospital staff and funeral homes are involved. For Jasna, this transformation places the idea of funerals in proximity to theatre spaces as a gathering of strangers, underlining the melancholic, humorous, absurdity and sometimes ungraspability of one’s passing. «The River II» navigates these four components to address an issue that is both personal and social. In the process, the theatre becomes a place of transforma- tion where human reason is stretched to its limits in the unifying co-presence of strangers.The River II» is the second part of a dyptich project The River on the theme of mourning and loss. The River I by Aimé C. Songe (aka Clément Layes) took place in summer 2022, on a small rowing boat on the river Havel in Berlin (more info here). Both works are dealing with the topics of life’s finitude and they are reflecting it from different perspectives.