Contemporary performing art
meets fine art heritage
Budapest September – November 2013
12 paintings, 12 texts, 12 actors
A production of wenn es soweit ist
in co-operation with the National Museum in Wroclaw, the Museum of Fine
Arts in Budapest, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Ganymed goes Europe
opens up
new perspectives on old masters of the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.
The Austrian theatre group WENN ES SOWEIT IST invites twelve Hungarian
and international authors to compose a literary text on a masterpiece
from the museum’s collection that inspires them.
Jacqueline Kornmüller and Peter Wolf stage these texts with
the
aid of twelve actors and actresses, thereby bringing the paintings
– and reflection on them – to life. Walking through
the
museum, the visitors become part of the theatrical setting and decide
by themselves how long they stay on a particular stage. On each of the
seven evenings the twelve pieces are performed simultaneously and
repeatedly.
Ganymed Goes Europe - Budapest

ESTERHÁZY PÉTER
Kép: FRANCISCO DE GOYA - José Antonio
Marqués de Caballero képmása
Foto by Helmut Wimmer