Zbigniew Bzymek & Andrew Maillet
Pragmatists by Witkacy
Saturday, Oct 6 at 3 pm and 7 pm
A Staged Reading with VR
Based on Pragmatists by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Translated, devised, and performed by Zbigniew Bzymek & Andrew Maillet
VR by Marta Nawrot and Jagoda Wójtowicz
Lights by Hao Bai
Set by Julia Torres
This staged reading of an in-progress piece uses virtual reality to reimagine Pragmatists, a 1919 play by Witkiewicz. Pragmatists is a phantasmagorical chamber drama that Witkiewicz wrote in response to William James′ philosophy of pragmatism. This new rendering explores the integration of VR technology into live performance by asking what would happen if Witkiewicz′s tormented hero, the artist Plasfodor, were brought back as a VR experience.
Running time: 70 minutes.
This piece was made possible with support from the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (IAM)
