Deadline
LIVE MUSIC THEATER
CREATION 2015. SHOW 3
There will be talk of Marcel Proust's "to-do-list", robotics and articific intelligence, time-freezing, three post-its colors, space shrinkage, a line Death, the programmed obsolescence of the electro-household and the instantaneous development of the Polaroid, among others.
LACK OF TIME
I can hardly write the first pages of this file. I have to make clear what it is, what is at stake and what is of interest. The synthesis is arduous and the deadline is approaching. The line of death. The file must be delivered tomorrow. I have to focus on that and be effective. I also have to send documents to the taxes for the royalty. And I'm going to buy milk for the little one. Besides, we have nothing left in the fridge. Note: Also think about making an appointment at the bank urgently. And in the osteo; It's been three weeks since I've been dragging this block on the shoulder. Okay, first the record. Second paragraph:
Time goes faster and faster. At least it is a very widely shared feeling in the modern Western world. We have more and more tasks to accomplish in shorter and shorter periods of time. However, the tools of modernity (electric drills, telephones, computers, means of transport in particular) make us go faster. Time should logically be released for rest, recreation or meditation. It's the case. Time is released. But we are eager to find new tasks to slip into it. After all, if the typewriter reduces the time to write a letter from one hour to twenty minutes, it would be counterproductive not to type three letters in an hour.
This global movement of acceleration concerns both the speed of transport, the pace of work, the frequency of technical innovation, the time of legislation in politics, the flow of speech and the organization of social life. It concerns the individual and society. He seems to feed himself without apparent limit and leads us into a veritable frenzy. Many think today that we are reaching a limit. But it is amusing (or frightening) to note that in 1809, already, Goethe wrote: "It is quite unpleasant to be unable to learn anything for the rest of your life! Our forefathers kept to the teachings they had received in their youth: but we must begin again every five years if we do not want to be completely outdated. "
Sociologist Hartmut Rosa examined the origins of acceleration, its effects, its causes, and its symptoms. Through the prism of time, he manages to draw up a singular and critical portrait of our time (Acceleration, a social critique of time, Edition La Découverte, 2011). His work is the basis of our show. We enrich it with many sources (scientific, philosophical or fictional) and intimate experiences. The whole, passed to the mill of our stage work, will lead to the creation of a multidisciplinary spectacle (dance, theater, music) playful and political: "Dead Line"
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