Théatre National > Grande Salle
Constellation 1961
L'anniversaire qui n'est pas
Italia - Belgium
Collectif Action30
French
In 1961, Franco Basaglia became director of the mental hospital in Gorizia and started his long struggle against mental asylums, which years later led to their elimination in Italy. That same year saw the publication of Michel Foucault’s History of Madness, Erving Goffman’s Asylums, The Myth of Mental Illness by Thomas Szasz and The Wretched of the Earth, the last book by Frantz Fanon. The stars were all aligned in the sky above Gorizia. This random constellation led to a transformation of the psychiatric universe and also of the social, political and philosophical landscape, which would explode a few years later in May 1968.
Like Faust, Basaglia discovers the vanity of all knowledge and begins an ethical journey on which the access to truth involves a radical transformation of oneself. In his alchemist’s hat, he will lead us along this milky way – a mixture of words, images and music – in search of the buried strength of the possible.
Interactive performance-debate with Pierangello Di Vittorio (philosopher), Giuseppe Palumbo (comic book author), Luca Acito (video artist), Pasquale Todisco "Squaz" (comic book author) and Alberto Casati (graphic artist and musician).
Introduction for the debate Changer le monde en se tranformant soi-même.
Partnership: Action30, L’Autre “Lieu” and Bruxelles Laïque
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