VEGETATIVE STATE
June 2017
NAVE
Santiago, Chile
Coproduced byNAVE
Fundación Teatro a Mil
@MiguelLecaros (1)
@MaidaCarvallo (2)
@CallTheShots (3, 6, 7)
@EfraínCarlosCarbajal (4 y 5, 12 & 13)
@FundacionTeatroa Mil (8)
@Isabel Ortiz (9 to 11)
@MaidaCarvallo (2)
@CallTheShots (3, 6, 7)
@EfraínCarlosCarbajal (4 y 5, 12 & 13)
@FundacionTeatroa Mil (8)
@Isabel Ortiz (9 to 11)
Vegetative State is a polyphonic, branching, exuberant, reiterative, divisible and sessile monologue. Its protagonist is a woman, who is not an individual; she is a multitude, a swarm. This is not an animal play, it is a vegetable play.
Based on the revolutionary thinking of plant philosopher Michael Marder and plant neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso, the exploration consists of probing the ways in which new concepts such as plant intelligence, vegetative soul, or plant communication can transform our creative practice.
If we accept that plants have other ways of thinking, feeling, communicating, other way of being intelligent, a diferent form of consciousness and another notion of time, perhaps we can see our own notions of thinking, feeling, communicating and being aware, transformed. In Michael Marder's words, "recognizing a “valid "other” in plants is also beginning to recognize that vegetal other within us."
Vegetable State dances tirelessly around an impossible dialogue, that of humans and plants. A failed dialogue with nature that is, perhaps, our most innate monologue.
Credits
Director
Manuela Infante.
Dramaturgy
Manuela Infante y Marcela Salinas.
Cast
Marcela Salinas.
Set, Lighting and Costume Design
Rocío Hernández Marchant.
Design and prop construction
Ignacia Pizarro.
Manuela Infante.
Dramaturgy
Manuela Infante y Marcela Salinas.
Cast
Marcela Salinas.
Set, Lighting and Costume Design
Rocío Hernández Marchant.
Design and prop construction
Ignacia Pizarro.
Sound Design
Manuela Infante.
Production Director
Carmina Infante.
Original translation
Bruce Gibbons and British Council Chile.
Revised translation
Alexandra Ripp.
Manuela Infante.
Production Director
Carmina Infante.
Original translation
Bruce Gibbons and British Council Chile.
Revised translation
Alexandra Ripp.
Co-producción: NAVE and Fundación Teatro a Mil.
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