Moda na krwawy sport
The blood sport fad

Summary/Abstract: Reviewing Michał Zadara's Orestes (CENTRALA, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, prem.:27 Aug 2016), Zuzanna Berendt analyses the way in which the director plays with the convention of ancient theatre. She shows how the creators translate the structure of the ancient text, including rhetorical monologues and witness testimony, into the present mediatisation of social and political life. The author also writes about the space in which the performance was presented – the room at the Zachęta Gallery, where president Gabriel Narutowicz was assassinated in 1922. Berendt is critical towards the inclusion of present and historical political context, here referred to only through events accompanying the performance and its advertising campaign in the media.

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