THE PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY / One Three Some – An Attempt for Devising A Democratic Assembly (2023)

In One Three Some – An Attempt for Devising a Democratic Assembly, the audience/participants, together with three performers, create their own citizens’ assembly following a script given to them at the beginning of the performance. The script assigns ‘roles’ (of speaker, listener, moderator, etc.) to the members of the assembly, instructing them on what to do or say (or even refuse to do or say if they want to). Part of the script is left open, giving space to the participants to express their thoughts about democracy and our social coexistence. Through a game structure, the assembly is led step by step into a collective reflection on the practice of assembling and our personal attitude in it, as well as on the central role of the body in politics.

One Three Some – An Attempt for Devising a Democratic Assembly is the maker’s third work on the practice of democracy. After An Analogue Campaign, which explored the (more individual) practice of public speaking, and Languages ​​of the Unheard, which experimented with the language of protest, this time the focus is on an embodied approach to the practice of assembling. Considering the body as the basis of politics, this participatory performance explores how the way we use and position our bodies in relation to other bodies can affect the way we think, speak, feel and act politically.