Michael Portnoy
The Society of Societies (A Room with New Rules) (2023)
Performance / Commissioned work
Michael Portnoy, The Society of Societies (A Room with New Rules) (2023), performance (rehearsal), photo: steirischer herbst / Clara Wildberger
Dates
22.–23.9.2023
Location
Minoritenzentrum, Graz
Production specifics
Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ʼ23
The reinvention of human exchange is the main topic of Michael Portnoy’s riotous performative gathering in Graz’s Großer Minoritensaal. Drawing upon his signature absurdist breed of dictatorial participation, a salon-style evening leads participants through carnivalesque interactions governed by new sets of rules about speech, behavior, roles, and the production of meaning. The artist offers a foretaste of this on Mariahilferplatz during the festival’s opening.
Performers: Moss Beynon Juckes, Kevin Bonono, Marcus McKenzie, Michael Portnoy, Alex Tatarsky, Kathleen Taylor
Harpsichord: Anna Kiskachi
Sound design: Antonia Manhartsberger
Costume and stage design: Katharina Heistinger
Retrospective
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