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Premiere in Paris: Etant Donnés by Markus Öhrn
Étant donnés
PREMIER at Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Paris.
the 27th of November 2012.
I made the Costumes and Setting for the performance “Étant donnés”.
Texts: Jan Fabre
Director: Markus Öhrn
With: Jakob Öhrman, Nadine Dubois, Markus Öhrn
Music: Andreas Catjar
Costumes: Pia Aleborg
The director Markus Öhrn subjects “Étant donnés” to a radically new interpretation. Jan Fabre wrote the solo piece, based on an artwork by Marcel Duchamp, for his actress and muse Els Deceukelier. In his staging, which came about by invitation of the author, Öhrn thematizes the instrumentalization of the nude female body on stage. He puts the protagonist in the kind of “casting couch” situation that is prevalent in the porno industry.