International Festival of Contemporary Theatre
Programme
FUMÈA
06.09., 07.09., 08.09. 17:00-19:00, University of Latvia Botanical Garden | Free entry with a ticket to Botanical Gardens
Not knowing when the Dawn will come,
I open every Door,
Or has it Feathers, like a Bird,
Or Billows, like a Shore.
EMILY DICKINSON
FUMÈA is an Italian word that came into use in the 12th century. It means smoke; fuming; fog; caliginous vapour. Fumèa is a particular state of the atmosphere whose transparency is greatly reduced by the presence of air vapours.
FUMÈA is also our invitation to you. We would like to lead you into a time for which we don’t yet have the words. A time for which we may never have words. Perhaps there are no human words for this time. A time that asks us to renounce our verticality, to abandon our known postures, and to discover the ground.
The strong smell of the earth.
The secret paths of the roots.
The time of FUMÈA as it appears and migrates and
disappears.
About artist
Cast
6, 7, 8
September
17:00-19:00
Free entry with a ticket to Botanical Gardens
Performative installation open between 17.00 and 19.00. We kindly ask the audience to gather for the performance Latvijas Universitātes Botāniskais dārzs at the following times – 17:00, 17:45 or 18:30.