Cie La Bande Passante (FR)
Vies de Papier [Papierleben]
In September 2015, Benoît Faivre and Tommy Laszlo find a photo album at a flea market in Brussels: lovingly designed, it records the life of a young woman from her birth in 1933 to her wedding. But when they take a closer look, they also discover dark pages: Photos of swastika flags, the father as an officer in the Luftwaffe who mysteriously disappeared in 1945, the family’s emigration to Belgium after the end of the war. Deeply touched, they buy the album and notice parallels with their own family history: Benoît’s maternal family comes from Berlin, Tommy’s paternal ancestors from Budapest. They begin to investigate the story and embark on a quest that takes them across Germany. How can such an album end up on a flea market and who is the young woman? Is she possibly still alive? What remains of our individual and collective past?
Cie La Bande Passante is concerned with the exploration of objects as witnesses to human history. They refer to objects as sponges, as real carriers of history. In 2014, Benoît Faivre and Tommy Laszlo began working on the project “Vies de Papier” (Paper Worlds), in which they trace the significance of books and paper in this context.
Cie La Bande Passante is concerned with the exploration of objects as witnesses to human history. They refer to objects as sponges, as real carriers of history. In 2014, Benoît Faivre and Tommy Laszlo began working on the project “Vies de Papier” (Paper Worlds), in which they trace the significance of books and paper in this context.
Documentary Theatre
New Media
New Media
Concept, Script, Artistic Direction: Benoît Faivre, Tommy Laszlo, Kathleen Fortin
Performance: Benoît Faivre, Tommy Laszlo
Assistant Director: Kathleen Fortin
Video: Pauline Jardel
Scenography: David Gallaire
Performance: Benoît Faivre, Tommy Laszlo
Assistant Director: Kathleen Fortin
Video: Pauline Jardel
Scenography: David Gallaire
Co-Produced by MarionNEttes – festival international (Neuchâtel, Schweiz), Centre Culturel André Malraux (Scène Nationale de Vandoeuvre), Le Carreau (Scène Nationale de Forbach), Théâtre Gérard Philipe (Scène Conventionnée de Frouard), La Méridienne (Scène Conventionnée de Lunéville), Mil Tamm (Pays de Pontivy), le CRÉAM (Dives sur Mer), Moselle Arts Vivants, La ville de Bruxelles, La Ville de Metz, Metz Métropole, Unidram (Potsdam) / Supported by Grand Est, DRAC Grand Est, Aide à la résidence DRAC/ACA, CNC (Dicréam) and ARTCENA/CNT (Dramaturgies Plurielles), Quintessences 2016/Quintest
© Thomas Faverjon
© Thomas Faverjon
© Thomas Faverjon