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    The Turn of the Screw

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    The Turn of the Screw

    Ephemeral Architecture

    In our interpretation, the palace in Bly is ephemeral, and its form is only illusory. I have been developing the idea of vanishing or ephemeral architecture in my scenographic projects for some time. To incorporate the function of ephemerality into architecture seems something contrary to its nature. Nevertheless, our building is exactly that. Devoid of a facade: doors and windows, holding only the shape or contour of architecture, which disappear in front of the viewers’ eyes during the performance. Instead of bricks, the walls are made of transparent fabric, emphasizing the immateriality of the object. And at the same time revealing what is usually hidden: the most intimate lives of the inhabitants. In this interpretation, everything is exposed and made manifest. And yet still the violence goes unrecognized. Our House is an attempt to narrate the story of a building that, instead of providing shelter, becomes transparent, just like the gaze of adults escaping from the problem of growing evil. It turns out that what is most solid in the house is the very trauma that is overlooked and unnoticed by anyone, which grows causing the world to fall apart.

    Actors:

    Anna Wolfinger / Anna Farysej
    Julita Mirosławska / Karolina Róża
    Jakub Foltak / Marcin Gadaliński
    Rafał Żurek \ Jacek Szponarski
    Aneta Łukasiewicz / Olga Rusin
    Anna Wierzbicka / Aleksandra Klimczak
    Gieorgij Puchalski

     

    Theatre company: Royal Opera in Warsaw

    Month & year of production:  October 2022

    Set designer: Agata Skwarczyńska
    Costume designer : Agata Skwarczyńska
    Light designer: Agata Skwarczyńska

    Other Designers:

    Director – Kamila Siwińska
    Conductor: Liliana Krych
    choreography– Gieorgij Puchalski
    video – Kamila Siwińska
    Puppet designer – Katarzyna Pietrzykowska
    Puppet animation consultant – Piotr Michalczuk

    Conductor’s Assistant: Karol Szwech
    Director Assistants: Sławomir Jurczak, Agnieszka Kozłowska
    Set designer’s Assistant: Anna Rogóż
    Stage manager: Tatiana Hempel-Gierlach

    Photo: Natalia Kabanow