Why do we actually want to see blood so much? That's what I wondered during the performance Roughhouse. This American-German piece is showing in the Holland Festival (Wednesday 12 June still) and in it there is no blood. That's also what it's about. That blood no longer flows anywhere, in the media, in art. That everyone always gets up again, that no one is really affected by anything anymore and that everyone then profiles themselves as a victim of something or someone. Read: #metoo, read: identity...
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