Invisible

The idea of ​​”invisible” comes from this part of the story “The Little Prince” written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

“Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: ‘What does his voice sound like?’ ‘What games does he like best?’ ‘Does he collect butterflies?’ They ask: ‘How old is he?’ ‘How many brothers does he have?’ ‘How much does he weigh?’ ‘How much money does he have?’ Only then do they think they know him.”

A performer and one  audience member talk to each other in a small space and in total darkness (in a way that the room is completely sealed off from any light)). They will never know who they met.

Those two people do not talk about the so-called “important” things . They don’t say anything about job, education, income, workplace or life. They don’t talk about political and religious opinions and any other  biased things.

The performer will direct the topic of conversation to the simplest parts of life; and the audience member can leave the performance whenever she/he  wants.

Since the performance took place in a completely dark space, no image was recorded.

The “Invisible” was performed in collaboration with the Association of Blind and Visually Impaired Artists, first at the 36th Fajr Theater Festival ( 2017) and then in autumn  2018, in the basement of Ruberu Mansion .

Babak Hajar