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ANTONIN ARTAUD'S
THE THEATRE AND THE PLAGUE

 

A TAANTEATRO production 

based on the essay by

ANTONIN ARTAUD

 

Contributing directors and artists:

Florence de Mèredieu (France), Nabil Chahhed (Tunisia), Trausti Ólafsson (Iceland), Jorge Armando Ndlozy (Mozambique), Candelaria Silvestro (Argentina), Shane Pike (Australia), Or Kittikong (Thailand), Nourit Masson-sékiné, Théophile Choquet (France), Jürgen Müller-Popken, Insa Popken (Germany), Reha Bliss (Russia), Maura Baiocchi (Brazil).

Film Credits

 

The Films forming the Film

in order of appearance

 

Opening sequence

Concept, editing, image selection and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Voice performance: Nabil Chahhed, Trausti Ólafsson, Candelaria Silvestro, 

Nourit Masson-Sékiné, Théophile Choquet, Or Kittikong, Jürgen Müller-Popken, 

Insa Popken, Shane Pike, Maura Baiocchi.

 

Le Grand Saint-Antoine

Author, director and voice performance: Florence de Mèredieu

Photos, collage and succession of images: Florence de Mèredieu

Text: Antonin Artaud

Sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Editing: Bruna Baiocchi de Araujo

Recorded in Paris, France.

 

Symptoms

Author, director, voice performance and camera: Nabil Chahhed

Text: Antonin Artaud

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Oueslatia, Tunisia.

 

Magnetic Phenomena

Authors and directors: Trausti Ólafsson, Wolfgang Pannek

Text: Antonin Artaud

Translation to Islandic: Trausti Ólafsson

Performance, voice performance and camera: Trausti Ólafsson

Piano: Ásta Haraldsdóttir

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded at the Senuþjófurinn Theater, Garðarbær Iceland and Seltjarnarnes seashore, Iceland. 

 

The Most Terrible Plague

Authors and directors: Jorge Ndlozy, Wolfgang Pannek

Text: Antonin Artaud

Text adaptation: Wolfgang Pannek

Translation to Changana: Jorge Ndlozy

Performance and voice performance: Jorge Ndlozy

Camera, editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in São Lourenço da Serra, Brazil.

 

Human Sacrifices

Author, director, camera and voice performance: Reha Bliss

Text: Antonin Artaud

Performance: Yasuna

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Berlin, Germany.

 

The Consciousness

Author and directors: Candelaria Silvestro, Wolfgang Pannek

Text: Antonin Artaud

Performance and voice performance: Candelaria Silvestro

Camera: Victoria Fraticelli, Lucia Fraticelli

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Falda del Carmen, Córdoba, Argentina.

 

An imaginary line

Author, director, image selection, editing and sound creation: Wolfgang Pannek

Text: Antonin Artaud

Voice performance: Nourit Masson-Sékiné, Théophile Choquet

Camera: Théophile Choquet

Recorded in Paris, France.

 

Tragic Actor remains enclosed within a Perfect Circle

Author, director, performance and voice performance: Or Kittikong

Text: Antonin Artaud

Thai translation: Or Kittikong

Camera: Or Kittikong, Siriwan Pakmei

Sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Editing: Wolfgang Pannek, Or Kittikong

Voice recording: Arthid Studio, Khon Kaen Thailand.

Recorded at Khon Kaen, Kalasin, Mahasarakham, Thailand.

 

Paroxysm.19 / Walk

Author, director, performance, costumes, camera and editing: Jürgen Müller-Popken, Insa Popken

Text: Antonin Artaud

Voice performance: Jürgen Müller-Popken

Additional editing: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Twist, Germany.

In Splendid Health

Author, director, performance and voice performance: Shane Pike

Text: Antonin Artaud

Sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Editing: Wolfgang Pannek with Shane Pike.

Recorded in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

 

Symbols

Authors and directors: Candelaria Silvestro, Wolfgang Pannek

Text: Antonin Artaud

Performance and voice performance: Candelaria Silvestro

Camera: Victoria Fraticelli, Lucia Fraticelli

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Falda del Carmen, Córdoba, Argentina.

 

This Contagious Delirium

Authors and directors: Trausti Ólafsson, Wolfgang Pannek

Text: Antonin Artaud

Translation to Islandic: Trausti Ólafsson

Performance, voice performance and camera: Trausti Ólafsson

Editing, image selection and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded at the Senuþjófurinn Theater, Garðarbær, Kópavogur, garden, Iceland.

 

Annabella's song: "It's not that I cry out of repentance"...

Authors, director, performers, costumes, camera and editing: Jürgen Müller-Popken, Insa Popken

Text: Antonin Artaud

Voice performance: Jürgen Müller-Popken

Additional editing: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Twist, Germany.

 

Image of Absolute Danger

Author, director, camera, image selection and voice performance: Reha Bliss

Text: Antonin Artaud

Photos: Mail.ru (c)

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Berlin, Germany

 

A Superior Notion of the Theatre

Author, director, performance, voice and camera performance: Théophile Choquet

Text: Antonin Artaud

Sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Editing: Theophile Choquet, Wolfgang Pannek

Recorded in Paris, France

 

Annabella's purification: the question that arises

Author, director, performance and voice performance: Maura Baiocchi

Text: Antonin Artaud

Camera: Maura Baiocchi, Wolfgang Pannek

Editing and sound design: Wolfgang Pannek

Music: "The Lyre Of Megiddo", by Peter Pringle

Recorded at the rural headquarters of Taanteatro Companhia in São Lourenço da Serra, Brazil.

Final video weaving and subtitles: Bruna de Araujo (USA)

Final editing: Wolfgang Pannek

Website: Mônica Cristina Bernardes

A cinematic project

conceived, directed and produced by

WOLFGANG PANNEK

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