The Incredibly Elastic Man 2014
A man has no form. Given his transient body, he is forced to deal with people, things, and places that constantly shape him.
A man has no form. Given his transient body, he is forced to deal with people, things, and places that constantly shape him.
„Kiss“ brings to mind the contemporary GIF graphic format, which nowadays enjoys massive popularity – a moving image suspended halfway between photography and film. It features a single gesture – originally intimate and sensual – that with time and repetition becomes absurd and unreal.
A haunting theatrical memory play in which actors and their mannequin doubles reenact five episodes, from a wedding to a last supper, set in the claustrophobic room of the director’s own childhood village of Wielopole. Through repeated motifs, mirrored characters, and a living stage that Kantor continually “resets,” the piece collapses past and present, life and death, into a surreal reconstruction of personal and collective history.