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Before Falling Seek the Assistance of Your Cane
A poster at the Salzburg Art Association warns of an air raid. A passerby alerts the police, who assume there is an imminent threat and begin to evacuate the building. But the poster is part of an exhibition by media and performance artist Rabih Mroué. It is a reproduction of a leaflet dropped by the US Army over Iraq to announce impending bombings. Slowly, illusion tips over into reality and changes it.
In his lecture performance Before falling seek the assistance of your cane, Rabih Mroué takes the events in Salzburg as an opportunity to examine the dazzling relationship between art and the public sphere. In doing so, he explores how political realities and their doppelgangers increasingly merge, transforming our world, as well as our language, into an infinite hall of mirrors.
Rabih Mroué, known for his captivating texts and performances, is a kind of artiste associé of It's The Real Thing. This is his fourth guest appearance with us, and once again he asks what reality is.
English with German surtitles
Duration approx. 50 min.
It's The Real Thing | Basler Dokumentartage 26
itstherealthing.ch
Biografie
Rabih Mroué (born in Beirut in 1967) lives in Berlin and is a Lebanese performance artist, director, author, actor, and visual artist.
His works combine various artistic disciplines and formats such as theater, performance, music, and visual art, and mostly deal with the political situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.
Content Notes
Currently, there are no specific notes on content that we or the artists would like to share with the audience. If you have any specific questions about content notes, the venue representative will be available on the evening of the performance.
