Tragedia Endogonidia

Program #2 of To Reverse One's Eyes, a retrospective of Romeo Castellucci's work, curated for the festival by Piersandra Di Matteo, presented by Piersandra Di Matteo

Tragedia Endogonidia is the colossal cycle conceived by the
Socìetas Raffello Sanzio over a period of three years (2002-2004), producing 11 Episodes in 10 European cities (Cesena, Avignon, Berlin, Brussels, Bergen, Paris, Rome, Strasburg, London and Marseille). Envisioned as an organism in a perpetual state of flight, it is founded on an auto-generative idea that revolves around the City. The cycle’s dramatic structure retraces the exoskeleton of Greek Tragedy, probing into the tragic in today’s world. It is based on raw facts, with no possible catharsis. The hero’s solitude and his/her anonymity are explored through figures and acts unable to reach a proper ending.

The Cycle is directed by videoartists Cristiano Carloni and Stefano Franceschetti, encompassing 11 films which retrace the morphological life of the entire theatrical project. Here, we have proposed a viewing of 4 Episodes.

A. #02 AVIGNON
Avignon Festival
July 7th to 15th, 2002

BN. #05 BERGEN
Norway International Festival, Bergen
May 22 to 25, 2003

P. #06 PARIS
Odeon Theater of Europe
with the Festival d'Automne, Paris
October 18-31, 2003

C. #11 CESENA
Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, Cesena
December 16th to 22nd, 2004