International Festival of Contemporary Theatre Homo NovusRiga, Latvia, September 14-23, 2001
Homo Novus, a biannual festival (1995), encourages audiences to question what is considered to be officially the new drama and the new artistic developments in European theatre. Its goal is to expose and present the new generation of Latvian theatre within a broader European context. Homo Novus 2001 will highlight the notion of where theatre is performed. Performances in Homo Novus 2001 will be performed everywhere except in a traditional theatre building. Homo Novus Questions:
Homo Novus versus Homo Economicus Homo Economicus tends to dominate our everyday life, as well as the planning of a city. Homo Economicus is concerned only with the hard infrastructure: roads, communications, banks and lighting in the city. Homo Economicus affects cultural policy as well: the size of the audience and their expendable income becomes an important issue for the success of a theatre company. Has art become either a commercial show or an experimental laboratory for the elite? Homo Novus 2001 would like to pay attention to the soft infrastructure of city planning by presenting site specific theatre productions and to stress the necessary presence of Homo Novus beside the Homo Economicus. We would like To make the process (Homo Novus) as important as the result (Homo Economicus) To change the role of the art consumer to one of the participant To decentralise the art from the centre to the neighbourhood To draw cultural events into city surroundings Festival Sites
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Partners The Festival Homo Novus 2001 will be organised in co-operation with “Riga 2001 - European Cultural Month”, as well as in co-ordination with the Bureau for Riga’s 800 year anniversary (http://www.riga800.lv) Top Ten Arguments Why We Need Homo Novus Festival 2001
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