Weeping Over a Too Long Life
XTomas Veselka Hair Studio
Artists
and Tereza Stejskalová
Date
Venue
Františka Křížka 12, Prague 7
Human life is constantly being prolonged and the dystopian image of several-hundred-years-old individuals tired of life and complaining of their fate will soon become a reality. This dialogue at a hairdresser’s provides an opportunity to reflect on aging, the ways in which we spend time, and the unintended consequences of longevity.
“When I’m asleep, I dream that I’m sixty; when I wake up, I’m only 30. It’s a terrible nightmare. When I’m asleep I dream that I’m thirty; when I wake up, I find I’m already sixty. It’s a terrible nightmare.”
This dialogue at a hairdresser’s provides an opportunity to reflect on aging, the ways in which we spend time, and the unintended consequences of longevity. Because human life is constantly being prolonged, the dystopian image of several-hundred-years-old individuals tired of life and complaining of their fate will soon become a reality.
conception a dramaturgy: Barbora Kleinhamplová and Tereza Stejskalová
performers: Jindřiška Křivánková, Tereza Havlínková, Kateřina Housková
event in cooperation with 4+4 Days in Motion
rerun
Saturday, 13 October at 6 pm
