The Living Theater

[Ian Livingston]

Cool! Artaud gets a screening.

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:43 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> wow. I suspect heaven is a little like this but alot more fun
>
> free nude and mad.
>
> shit
>
> WHAT IS PARADISE NOW?
>
> In 1968 The Living Theatre, led by Julian Beck and Judith Malina,
> triumphantly returned to America from years of self-imposed exile in
> Europe with their theatrical breakthrough Paradise Now. The play
> introduces the practice of collective creation, dissolving the
> boundaries of human interactions and forging a harmony between the
> actors and audience. Of this process, Julian Beck writes, “Collective
> creation is the secret weapon of the people… This play is a voyage
> from the many to the one and from the one to the many. It’s a
> spiritual voyage and a political voyage, a voyage for the actors and
> the spectators. The play is a vertical ascent toward permanent
> revolution, leading to revolutionary action here and now. The
> revolution of which the play speaks is the beautiful, non-violent,
> anarchist revolution. The purpose of the play is to lead to a state of
> being in which non-violent revolutionary action is possible.The result
> of this shared voyage is the spontaneous creation of a temporary
> anarchist collective- free from the enslavements of war, violence, the
> State, money and the self.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF7_BdHi_NA
>
> rich
>



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