Wypełnianie konturów
Filling in the Contours

Summary/Abstract: Tomasz Kowalski reviews the play Western Society by the Gob Squad, performed in the framework of the Poznań You Are #Not Indifferent to Me series. The project's point of departure is an attempt to recreate (with a few audience members) a short film shot during an undefined family reunion karaoke party. Although the film the artists found on YouTube had a record number of views, very little happens; the artists see it as emblematic of contemporary culture and take it as a point of departure for reflecting upon themes of alienation, solitude, and blocking out major problems. Kowalski opines that the risk of blatant moralizing and banality raised in tackling this subject is avoided through the event's consistent structure, based on play.

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