“Buster” by Romeo Castellucci is premiered in Belgium
Sold out in Brussels the new work by Romeo Castellucci BUSTER, initiating Bros, a site-specific performance presented by Kunstenfestivaldesarts-KANAL and Centre Pompidou-La Monnaie/De Munt.
Conceived for the Festival, the performance is “a reflection on the law, the violence, and the comedy, on the role of actors who lend their bodies to actions that are not theirs”.
Castellucci’s work is constructed on nine principles.
01: The action requires the participation of about forty men.
02: They are not actors, but protagonists of the scene.
03: There are no rehearsals.
04: Each of them is given a policeman’s uniform and a pair of invisible headphones.
05: Each of them receives, in real time, specific individual commands.
06: Each policeman must fulfil the order received.
07: No improvisation is requested from the policemen, but the abyss of an absolute present.
08: The policeman and the actor are one and the same thing.
09: The action takes place during the night, in the city centre of Brussels.
From May 20 to 24, Buster takes place on the Esplanade de la Cité administrative, between the federal police headquarters and Saint Michael and Saint Gudula Cathedral, and with the city as a background of its actions.