The Forest of Masks
Video made from the eleven masks designed by Toyen for Radovan Ivsic's play, King Gordogane.
On a black background, a play of light reveals a series of neutral masks, drawn by Toyen before her collages, elements of the composition of the masks appear in the image; mouths, snake, fire, bird's head, cherries, fern, rope, feathers, knives, chestnut, scissors, coin. To each voice a character, and to each character a mask. When we hear a voice, it is the corresponding mask that is in the image. The images of the masks show themselves as much as they conceal themselves. Pieces of masks come together and gradually give shape to the masks as designed by Toyen, trying to imagine what the path of his thought might have been.
Paris · 2022
Paris · 2022
Paris · 2022
- A film by Joseph Paris
- Experimental · 2022 · Commissioned
- Collaboration with Benjamin Lazar
- With Judith Chemla
- Julien Cigana
- Jessica Dalle
- Benjamin Lazar
- Dominique Parent
- Inspired by the book Le Roi Gordogane
- Original work by Radovan Ivsic
- With the masks of Toyen
- Text selection Benjamin Lazar
- Original music Raphaël Pannier
- Production Compagnie Le Théâtre de l’Incrédule
- Coproduction Centre culturel tchéque de Paris (direction: Jiří Hnilica)
- As part of the exhibition Toyen, L'écart absolu - at the Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris
- Sound recording Léo Chupin
- Artistic collaboration on the recording Jessica Dalle
- Le Théâtre de l'incrédule
- artistic direction Benjamin Lazar
- administration Sonia Stamenkovic
- production Pia Doublet
- © 2022 · Compagnie Le Théâtre de l’Incrédule ·
- Le Théâtre de l’Incrédule est conventionné par le Ministère de la Culture- DRAC de Normandie et reçoit régulièrement le soutien de la Région Normandie, de l'Odia, de la Spedidam et de l'Adami. Benjamin Lazar est artiste associé à la Maison de la Culture d'Amiens.