METAMORFOSIS, 2005

A free version of Franz Kafka’s classic that proposes an exploration of the keys that define the differentiation of the individual through isolation and dehumanization. The paradox is that all we are left with is escape, an escape into ourselves that distances us more and more from the rest of humanity.

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is an unbeatable starting point for La Fura dels Baus and Javier Daulte in their attempt to explore the anxieties of 21st century urban dwellers. Metamorphosis, transformation, and change are the driving force behind a performance that recreates a world without the solution of collective organizing. This free version of the classic is organized around the big ideas Kafka incorporated into his novel: otherness, the impossible differentiation that is never well received by the masses and the failure that all attempts at individualization lead to. The Metamorphosis, written in 1915, integrates most of the problems that urbanites in the early 21st century must confront in their attempt to distinguish themselves from a society that rewards conformity. What remains, after any process of transformation, is  the last human condition, fear.

The dramatic codes of La Fura dels Baus and Javier Daulte dovetail in a staging that highlights the synthesis between the actors’ work and a physical and audiovisual recreation of the closed world of Gregor Samsa.

Scenic direction and dramaturgy : Àlex Ollé / Javier Daulte

Creation and video production : Emmanuel Carlier in association with Franc Aleu

(more credits) : http://www.alexolle.com/work.php?id=52

Metamorfosis from Emmanuel Carlier on Vimeo.