Today, my head is empty but Kaja asked to translate her Facebook post. I did and wrote little extra.
So, what did we find out from yesterdays showing?
That there was nothing feminist about the act.
That if you use 2 macbookpro laptops then audience will expect high tech solutions
That our showing was like reading a tabloid paper.
The big question was: Who's laptop was the smaller one?!
The audience was angry, upset, they had clear position already before they came and that stayed the same also after they left.
No discussion possible. No interest in the artistic output, only in politics. And politics is upsetting and makes people angry.
This time we had to take the blame for the bad politics.
Thats ok. Artist is a pet. Let your anger out.
Everybody was shouting to each other until a point that Priit Raud had to take a protective stance and explain that Maike and Kaja are not the only ones in the world to blame for violence and war. Priits words were effective. For a while they asked questions that were related to our work, the showing.
So we managed to have few good discussions about violence, pacifists, the safety of the theatre, institutions and human relationships.
And about who is dating who. Thats always good to know.
Eventually I got so tired and fed up by the whole thing. I felt like fainting. I felt dead.
One guy said that we had really way too unprofessional torture technic and that next time Kaja should tie me into banana shape otherwise I might hit her by surprise. Oh yes … And before waterboarding she should stuff a peace of cloth in my mouth. Following these notes next time the torture will be much more 'real' and effective. Now it was not real enough.
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