Screenagers Vol. 2 is Giuseppe Chico and Barbara Matijević's first work for young audiences (11+). Hoping to demonstrate that theatre can and should be a forum to question the role that digital tools increasingly play in the narration of one's identity and the creation of collective imagination, Screenagers Vol.2 takes the form of a reflexive DIY musical.
The performer presents us with an intimate collection of songs about complicated emotions that she can feel but cannot find a word for in her everyday life. Her mission is to capture the aches, demons, vibes, joys and urges that roam the wilderness of her psychological state through songs. Underlining the performative nature of our online lives, audience members can directly interact with what is on stage. Via their smartphones, they can collectively write a text, play a video game against the performer, or send photos and appear on stage as memes and avatars. Rooted in the fact that songs have traditionally served as archives of common experience, Screenagers Vol.2 explores the digital culture we live in and the complex relationship between man, technology and the Internet, wondering how this affects our psyche and our imagination that we can take it all in and keep scrolling...
Production Credits
CREDITS
Giuseppe CHICO, author, concept, direction, text & video
Barbara MATIJEVIĆ, author, concept, direction, text & performance
Nenad KOVAČIĆ, composer
Viktor KRASNIĆ, technical direction
Marino FRANKOLA, light design
Saša FISTRIĆ, lighting technician
Martina LIVOVIĆ, animation
Pierre-Erick LEFEBVRE, concept and development of digital application
Dubravka ŠPOLJARIĆ, programming of digital application
Silvija STIPANOV, executive production and international distribution
Margot QUÉNÉHERVÉ, development and management in france
Artistic Organisation OMNIBUS (Croatia), Producer
Premier Stratagème (France), Producer
A Co-Production Between:
• Théâtre De Choisy-Le-Roi, Scène Conventionnée Art Et Création Pour La Diversité Linguistique
• Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (Croatia)
• Ganz New Culture of Change (Croatia)
• Zagreb Dance Centre (Croatia)
• Centar KNAP – Theatre KNAP (Croatia)
With The Support Of:
• DRAC Ile-De-France
• Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media
• City Of Zagreb
• European Mobility Program I-Portunus Houses
About the Artists
Giuseppe Chico (b.1974, Italy) was introduced to theatre as a child by taking classes at the theatre Abeliano Tina Tempesta and Antonella Porfido in Bari and later working with Robert McNeer at Kismet Theatre. In 2000 he moved to Paris where he worked as an actor, before founding his own company Premier Stratagème together with Barbara Matijević. Since then, he has written and directed eight award-winning performances that have toured in 40 countries around the world, in theatre and dance venues, film festivals, art galleries and museums, such as Centre Georges Pompidou, Guggenheim Museum, Venice Biennale, Festival d’Avignon, etc. His interest lies in creating new forms of storytelling by combining live performance with new technologies and emerging art forms. Always in tune with the latest technological developments, his resolutely interdisciplinary approach has led him to expand his skills so as to include interactive storytelling, custom electronic device design, interface design and 3D animation.
Barbara Matijevic (b. 1978, Croatia) studied languages and literature in parallel with dance and acting in Zagreb. In her work, she explores the impact of digital culture on storytelling through the forms of auto-fictional performances, lecture performances, radio plays, group choreographies, photo exhibitions and installations. Her award-winning work has been presented in 40 countries in Europe, Asia, North and South America, in theatre and dance venues, film festivals, art galleries and museums, such as Centre Georges Pompidou, Guggenheim Museum, Venice Biennale, Esplanade, Taichung National Theater, Red Brick Museum, Athens Biennale, Festival d’Avignon, New Vision Arts Festival, Musée de Jeu de Paume, Panorama Festival. In 2022 she created EXCÈS, a solo commissioned by the Lyon Opera.
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