QUESTION: What do we see? A. We see whatever there is. B. We see whatever we want to see. C. We see whatever the things that be are willing to show of themselves. D. All of the above.
Milan Ujvari, in his evening- long solo performance talks about issues relevant to the society of our day - concepts such as alienation, manipulation and masking, with common gestures as their fundament (with a grotesque twist) utilizing slapstick's classically recognizable style.
The performance playfully brings into question our place in society, in which we frequently feel completely lost, even though it is an entity built up of us entirely. We are it. So how are we capable of operating something the operation of which we do not comprehend? Often not even comprehending we are operating anything at all. To put it simply: is it possible for a body to operate if the left hand has no clue what the right hand is up to?
Can we gain perspective over the whole of which we are a part of? And while we are on the topic: is it a fact that we are parts of a whole? (Or are we all wholes made up of parts?) Is anything possible to assemble wholly using merely parts?
Milan Ujvari's work does not draw strict lines between representing characters through movement, dance, pantomime and classical theatrical acting. What he does strictly do is pulling a bag over his head, as displayed clearly on the image. The question that remains is merely: what do we see?
Performed by: Milan Ujvari
Dramaturg: Kornel Laboda
Music: Peter Fancsikai
Lights: Zoltan Vida
Costume: Julcsi Kiss
Video: Kristof Varnagy
Photo: Katalin Bobal - bobal photography
Choreographed by: Milan Ujvari
Year of Production: 2020
Supported by: NKA Imre Zoltán Program, i-Portunus Mobility Program by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, O Espaco do Tempo – Montemor o Novo, Portugal, Movein Studio Budapest, Sín Cultural Center Budapest, Workshop Foundation Budapest
