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LA DÉFENSE DEVANT LES SURVIVANTS STEREOSCOPIE, © CLARA CHABALIER Un projet de Clara Chabalier inspiré par la nouvelle d’Adolfo Bioy Casarès création du 9 au 11 juin 2022 à La Comédie de Reims - CDN tout public à partir de 12 ans durée estimée : 2h
GÉNÉRIQUE PRODUCTION Mise en scène : Clara Chabalier Production : Compagnie Pétrole Texte : Clara Chabalier et Adèle Chaniolleau, En coproduction avec d’après L’invention de Morel d’Adolfo le Théâtre de Lorient - CDDB Bioy Casarès La Comédie de Reims - CDN Le GRRRANIT - Scène Nationale de Belfort Avec : Alexandre Pallu, le réfugié Avec le soutien de Alvise Sinivia, Morel KunstCentrum BUDA de Courtrai Clara Chabalier, Montgomery Césaré - Centre National de Création Nanyadji Kagara, Faustine Musicale Wyssem Romdhane, Stoever Théâtre le Hublot - Colombes Amandine Gay, Irène Une phase de recherche a été effectuée Scénographie : Franck Jamin dans le cadre du projet Création sonore : Julien Fezans Open Access - Experimenting with Création lumière : Gildas Goujet performing arts and transmedia creation Création vidéo : David Lejard-Ruffet (Agreement number : 2018 – 18 18 / 001 – Régie Générale : en cours 001), dans le cadre du programme Prototype transmedia : Creative Europe de l’Union Européenne. Développement chatbot : Johan Lescure Graphisme : Lisa Peretti Le projet Open Access est porté par Retouche photo : Guilhem Monceaux Le Grrranit - Scène Nationale de Belfort (FR), Production / Diffusion : en partenariat avec Mara Teboul (L’Œil Écoute) DuplaCena - festival Temps d’Images de Lisbonne (PT), ColectivA (Cluj-Napoca, RO), et National Theater Wales, Cardiff (UK). Cette phase a bénéficié de l’aide au développement du DICREAM (CNC). La compagnie Pétrole est accompagnée par la Ville de Bagnolet (93), et la DRAC Ile de France. 2
CALENDRIER DE CRÉATION Mars 2019 - novembre 2020 : Phase de recherche dans le cadre d’Open Access ColectivA (Roumanie) DuplaCena (Portugal) National Theater Wales (UK) Le Grrranit - SN de Belfort (France) 18 au 30 octobre 2021 : Résidence avec les acteurs Grrranit - SN de Belfort 24 au 28 janvier 2022 Résidence de recherche pour la scénographie Théâtre le Hublot - Colombes 2 au 6 février 2022 : Le Laboratoire du Professeur Morel Présentation de travail en cours au Grrranit - SN de Belfort 11 au 15 avril 2022 Résidence dédiée à la composition musicale Césaré, Centre de création musicale, Reims (France) 18 au 30 avril 2022 : Résidence avec les acteurs Kunstcentrum BUDA (Belgique) 9 au 21 mai 2022 : Résidence de création CDDB de Lorient - Centre Dramatique National 23 mai au 8 juin 2022 : Résidence de création La Comédie de Reims - CDN 9 au 11 juin 2022 : Création Festival Intercal La Comédie de Reims - CDN 3
RÉSUMÉ Un révolutionnaire se réfugie sur une île déserte. Il découvre qu’elle est habitée Mais l’invention est trop puissante et a par un groupe de personnes. Lui qui brûlé les originaux. Le seul moyen de se débat pour survivre dans les marais rejoindre Faustine est de rentrer, à son délétères, trouve le réconfort en tour, dans la machine. regardant Faustine, une jeune femme qui contemple le coucher du soleil. Il À travers cette fiction, il s’agit prend le risque d’aller lui parler : non d’interroger la place qu’occupent seulement elle ne lui répond pas, mais dans nos vie les fantômes créés par elle agit comme s’il n’existait pas... la technologie : et si notre monde moderne, qui croit tout résoudre par la En s’approchant plus, il découvre que ces science, n’avait fait en fait qu’ouvrir un personnes sont les sujets de l’expérience espace aux absents, aux disparus, à ceux du Professeur Morel, l’hôte de l’île. Il que nous ne pouvons plus toucher mais a réussi à capturer les présences de à qui nous parlons en permanence? ses invités dans des images totales, projetées sur la matière même de l’île. Depuis, leur semaine de vacances tourne en boucle, pour l’éternité. 4
NE FAUT-IL PAS APPELER VIE CE QUI DEMEURE LATENT DANS UN DISQUE, CE QUI SE RÉVÈLE QUAND ON BRANCHE UN ORDINATEUR, QUAND J’APPUIE SUR UNE TOUCHE ? INSISTERAI-JE SUR LE FAIT QUE TOUTES LES VIES, COMME DANS CE CONTE DU MANDARIN CHINOIS, DÉPENDENT DE BOUTONS, QUE DES ÊTRES INCONNUS PEUVENT POUSSER? ET VOUS-MÊMES, COMBIEN DE FOIS N’AVEZ-VOUS PAS INTERROGÉ LE DESTIN DES HOMMES, N’AVEZ-VOUS PAS AGITÉ DE VIEILLES QUESTIONS : OÙ ALLONS-NOUS? OÙ DEMEURONS-NOUS ? - COMME DES MUSIQUES ENCORE INÉDITES SUR UN DISQUE - JUSQU’À CE QUE DIEU NOUS FASSE NAÎTRE? VOUS NE PERCEVEZ PAS UNE SIMILITUDE ENTRE LE DESTIN DES HOMMES ET CELUI DES IMAGES? La Défense devant les Survivants, Adaptation de Clara Chabalier et Adèle Chaniolleau. 5
INTRODUCTION La Défense devant les Survivants Mais dans la situation critique dans est le titre du grand projet laquelle il se trouve - seul, perdu que prépare le narrateur pour sur une île déserte - il mêle bientôt l’humanité : persuadé que bientôt à ses notes un journal de bord qui la terre sera surpeuplée, et qu’il rend compte de la découverte n’y aura plus assez de ressources de ce mystérieux groupe de pour nourrir tout le monde, il veut vacanciers qui habite l’île. rassembler les arguments qui permettront de défendre notre Le spectacle se décline en trois génération devant le tribunal des parties. Chacune emprunte un suivantes. point de vue différent, et déplie un même dispositif scénique en différents états. 6
1ÈRE PARTIE LE RÉFUGIÉ © ANTOINE D’AGATA Il parle au milieu d’un espace déformées. Ces « géants fugaces » dévasté, que la végétation a envahi. pourraient tout aussi bien être le Des objets du quotidien ont moisi fruit de sa fièvre et de sa paranoïa, sur place, oubliés, abandonnés là. le rêve d’un prisonnier croupissant Tout est recouvert d’une épaisse dans les geôles d’une sinistre prison couche de poussière. Le sol est au Vénézuela. moite, humide, tout est putride et poisseux. Le Réfugié est un intellectuel, chassé de son pays pour ses idées Taches d’humidité, moisissures, politiques. Il parle bien, mais il est flaques, éclaboussures, giclûres, incapable d’allumer un feu ou de rouille, rayures, flétrissement, construire un radeau : il a besoin de effritement, miettes, fissures, mettre des mots pour s’assurer de gravats, buée, crevasses, ridules, ne pas sombrer dans la folie. éclaboussures…. La scénographie déploie une esthétique du Il sera joué par Alexandre Pallu. périssable et de la décrépitude, qui Sa silhouette de géant aux allures s’oppose avec le projet de Musée de d’albatros, sa voix grave et éraillée Morel, destiné à la conservation de contraste avec son allure élégante présences. et distinguée. Il sait être à la fois intense et pudique, et n’a pas peur L’environnement est traversé d’avoir des accents clownesques à d’échos. On perçoit des silhouettes la Buster Keaton. lointaines dont les voix sont 7
2ÈME PARTIE LE GROUPE DE TOURISTES Soudain, tout est comme neuf : l’espace est reconstitué, flambant neuf. Les aliments avariés l’instant d’avant deviennent succulents et raffinés. Le décor est « théâtral » , presque vaudevillesque : il ne laisse apparaitre que ce qui est utile à l’action, un pan de mur, un bout de fenêtre… comme si l’Invention n’avait capté que le strict nécessaire. Le Réfugié circule comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine au milieu de cette chorégraphie de diners, de fêtes, de discussions de salons : il se cache maladroitement, tente de tirer un rideau plus dur HAVEN HER BODY WAS, © NOEMIE GOUDAL que de la pierre, d’ouvrir une fenêtre. Sa jalousie le pousse aux imprudences les plus absurdes originaux brûlés par les capteurs pour s’assurer des sentiments de trop puissants. Il est prêt à sacrifier Faustine. le groupe pour faire avancer la science. La vingtaine de personnages du livre est réduite à trois vacanciers Stoever est un jeune loup de la et un domestique. Ils passent leurs Silicon Valley, investissant dans le temps entre la piscine, la pêche, transhumanisme et le stockage de les balades au bord de l’eau, et des données, inspiré par Zuckerberg soirées à danser, à boire, à diner, à et Elon Musk. Grand lecteur de jouer, sans conscience de leur fin science fiction, c’est un technicien, prochaine. un ingénieur, qui cherche à répondre à des besoins identifiés, Montgomery est l’homme de main fonctionnels, à résoudre des de Morel. Montgomery collabore problèmes grâce à la technologie activement à cette expérience qui, plutôt qu’à ouvrir des questions sur il en est sûr, changera le monde. l’humanité. Il nie les funestes conséquences de l’Invention : les modèles 8
POLISHING, © JEFF WALL Journaliste et écrivaine célèbre, aux icônes auxquelles nous nous Irène cache sous sa personnalité comparons sans cesse, figées et extravagante, son rire bruyant démultipliées sur les panneaux et ses manières sans-gêne, une publicitaires, comme autant de finesse d’esprit et une intelligence traces d’un corps qui n’exista qui manquent de percer à jour les jamais. Je pense au formatage intentions de Morel. constant, qui rend l’image de la vie plus monstrueuse que Faustine est la plus mystérieuse, la vie elle-même, en enlevant nous ne savons rien d’elle. Morel en les rides, les scories, les taches, est fou, et on devine que tout son les silences, les disgrâces, pour plan consiste à capter un moment créer un reflet aplati auquel nous où il serait seul avec elle. Mais nous conformons sagement. elle se refuse constamment à lui, Faustine cherche à s’échapper s’échappant du groupe pour lire en de ces modèles, et y est pourtant contemplant le coucher du soleil. ramenée en permanence par le désir de Morel, puis celui du Je pense à Louise Brooks, qui Réfugié. fascinait Bioy Casarès, actrice célèbre du cinéma muet dont la carrière fut brisée au moment où le cinéma devint parlant. Je pense 9
3ÈME PARTIE MOREL LA JETÉE, © CHRIS MARKER Cette partie s’ouvre par la conférence inventions. Morel n’est pas seulement à laquelle Morel convie ses invités, un scientifique : comme Léonard de et où il leur explique son invention. Vinci, c’est un artiste qui veut s’élever à la À partir de ce moment, on revoit les place des dieux, créer la vie. Il est certain scènes précédentes du point de vue que la reconstitution de toutes les du chef d’orchestre. Les personnages sensations produit le vivant, et c’est ce évoluent dans un décor retourné, aboli, qui guide son désir d’éternité. Sa funeste renversé. Les éléments utilisés pour la Invention ne réussira à enregistrer que représentation (micros, enceintes, vidéo- l’humiliation constante que lui fait subir projecteurs…) apparaissent. La visite du Faustine en refusant d’être avec lui. Musée par Montgomery, qui ouvrait le spectacle, se rejoue dans un espace vide. Une fois ce dispositif mis à jour, le Le Réfugié continue l’élaboration de son Réfugié pourra s’en ressaisir : après projet au milieu de la ronde machinique avoir bien répété, il s’intègre dans la des invités. Semaine Eternelle, comme si il faisait partie du groupe, comme si il était l’ami Le sous-sol de l’île est truffé de moteurs, de Faustine, pour réussir là où Morel a activés par les marées, qui alimentent échoué : passer l’Eternité aux côté de sa machine, ou de salles hexagonales Faustine. aux reflets multiples afin de tester ses 10
GENÈSE DU TRAVAIL UN PODCAST, BASÉ SUR LES TROIS PREMIÈRES SCÈNES DE NOTRE ADAPTATION, A ÉTÉ RÉALISÉ DANS LE CADRE D’OPEN ACCESS. SURTITRÉ EN ANGLAIS. > https://vimeo.com/508033987 Ce texte me hante depuis plusieurs l’Invention de Morel comme support années. Il se prête parfaitement à la pour développer certains axes de poursuite du travail théâtral que je mène recherches. depuis plusieurs années, qui cherche à mêler intimement théâtre, danse Chaque prototype que j’ai créé (un et musique pour arriver à des objets chatbot, un travail photographique, hybrides, au service d’une pensée. un travail sonore) met en jeu une problématique dans un dispositif Cette fiction résonne particulièrement particulier, pour proposer une fort avec les enjeux avec lesquels expérience sensible au spectateur. nous sommes aux prises aujourd’hui : changement climatique, relation à la Ils abreuvent le projet théâtral, mais technologie, que le confinement ne fait peuvent exister de manière autonome, qu’exacerber. idéalement grâce à l’association avec d’autres espaces culturels, comme des Sélectionnée avec 7 autres artistes médiathèques ou des centres d’art européens pour Open Access, contemporain, sous forme d’expositions, Laboratoire Européen de recherche d’installation dans l’espace public, ou sur les projets transmedia, j’ai profité d’invasion de la sphère digitale. de cette opportunité pour prendre 11
LA DÉFENSE DEVANT LES SURVIVANTS Dans le cadre d’Open Access, j’ai L’hantologie, développée par Jacques interrogé plusieurs chercheurs afin Derrida, devient alors un support de de nourrir et d’actualiser le projet du choix pour développer une réflexion de narrateur. En effet, aujourd’hui les thèses manière sensible à travers la musique, néo-malthusiennes qui l’obsèdent l’univers plastique, le jeu des acteurs. reviennent en force avec la question du On peut considérer les invités de Morel réchauffement climatique, et d’autres comme des fantômes au même titre réponses sont accordées aux mêmes que toutes ces voix, ces vidéos, avec questions. Il me semblait important lesquelles nous sommes en dialogue en d’actualiser et d’enrichir cette partie à permanence et qui ont une influence l’aune des considérations actuelles. quotidienne sur nos vies. Car si L’invention de Morel répond Qu’est-ce qui fait qu’on est vivants? à l’invention de la photographie, au Qu’est-ce qui nous différencie des passage du cinéma muet au cinéma machines? Comment cette présence parlant, que dit-elle de notre monde technologique, avec laquelle nous d’aujourd’hui, où les supports ont sommes en permanence en interaction disparu ? Comment retracer cette dans nos vies au quotidien, nous disparition de l’objet, sans tomber dans transforme? Comment nous adaptons une reconstitution « vintage » mais nous à ces doubles qui dirigent nos vies, traiter justement de cette éternelle et façonnent notre pensée? L’âme est- répétition d’une époque qui n’arrive plus elle, comme le pense Morel, la somme à rien créer de nouveau, mais reprend de toutes les sensations, ajustées et à son compte, de manière cyclique, les proportionnées avec art? Derrière la mêmes modes, les mêmes tubes, les carapace, est-il possible de réveiller les mêmes objets? Et si tout s’était arrêté au pensées, et d’atteindre le « ciel de la XXe siècle? conscience », comme l’espère le réfugié en rejoignant Faustine? 12
UNE HISTOIRE DE FANTÔMES SE MOUVOIR EN LIGNE DROITE DANS UN UNIVERS OU TOUT, POUR AUTANT QU’IL SE MEUT, SE MEUT DANS UN ORDRE CYCLIQUE © LAURENT PERNOD Le spectacle est avant tout le prétexte de passe, et utilisent les moyens même du scènes étranges, absurdes, décalées, que théâtre pour se faire comprendre. propose ce groupe, entre vie et mort, présence et absence. Les images totales Les scènes sont vues plusieurs fois, à sont incarnées par des acteurs vivants, et chaque fois selon des points de vue non par des reproductions techniques, différents. Le dessin est semblable, les afin de marquer le pas qu’a réalisé Morel intentions et les motivations peuvent par rapport aux procédés de réalité varier selon qui la regarde : la mémoire virtuelle. fragmentée du Réfugié n’aura pas retenu la même chose que celle de La projection des images captées sur Morel. Ce sera pour les acteurs un espace la matière même de l’île créée des de jeu extraordinaire pour chercher de situations décalées et cocasses (tirer la vie, du risque, de la générosité au un rideau figé comme de la pierre, voir plateau. deux fois le même exemplaire du même livre), absurdes (danser joyeusement A la fin, le Réfugié ouvre les caméras et en pleine tempête, plonger dans une se filme comme s’il était le compagnon piscine pleine de poissons morts) ou de Faustine. En réinventant la boucle, en surréalistes (apercevoir deux lunes donnant un nouveau sens aux gestes, il ou deux soleils, être plongé dans des réalise son idéal d’éternité en se figeant échos se re-projetant à l’infini). Ces aux côtés de celle qu’il aime, tout en situations constituent un intérêt théâtral réalisant son utopie d’une reproduction indéniable, car elles interrogent les dénuée de chair, puisqu’ils ne peuvent codes, les subterfuges, les tour de passe- pas se toucher. 13
L’INVENTION ERSILIA, ALVISE SINIVIA. Le système complexe de moteurs Alvise effectue une préparation du piano alimentés par les marées dans les sous- personnelle qui permet d’étirer les sons terrains de l’île constitue la véritable : ebow, fils de nylon, baguettes de bois, Invention de Bioy Casarès : la première et des techniques étendues (travail usine marémotrice sera construite 30 percussif sur la fonte, sur les cordes, ans plus tard, à l’estuaire de la Rance sur le grattement, sur les objets mis en Bretagne, alors que phonographes, entre les cordes) que nous avons déjà radios, appareils photos, caméras, expérimenté ensemble sur « Cassandre- permettent déjà depuis longtemps de matériaux » (2016). En y ajoutant des capturer le vivant. pédales d’effet, il invente une machine qui met en branle l’espace et le peuple Alvise Sinivia, qui joue Morel, est pianiste, de vibrations. performer et compositeur. Il invente des machines construites à partir de cadres On retrouvera le piano dans 3 états de piano, sur lesquelles il tend des fils différents : qu’il effleure ou qu’il frappe avec toutes - Dans la première partie, la « harpe » (les les parties de son corps. Il cherche de cordes), électrifiée, est mise à la verticale. nouvelles manières de lier mouvement Le travail sur le cadre permet l’utilisation et son : comment l’engagement intégral de l’électronique mais pas d’utilisation du corps peut produire de la musique et du piano. comment ce jeu engendre du geste en - Dans la deuxième partie, on le trouve retour. dans la forme habituelle d’un piano « normal », acoustique et amplifié. On Pour ce projet, Alvise utilise un Yamaha travaillera alors une utilisation de la CP70 : ce piano combine un mécanisme mécanique du piano. de piano acoustique et de piano - Dans la troisième partie, il n’y aura plus électrique. Cet instrument a l’avantage que la « harpe » , suspendue, décrochée, d’être démontable pour se transporter activée par des fils de nylon. Le travail dans l’équivalent de deux flight-cases. s’effectuera uniquement avec les Les signaux seront également utilisés pédales d’effet, qui transforment le son pour déclencher des images et de la acoustique originel du CP80. vidéo. 14
SURIMPRESSIONS, DÉDOUBLEMENTS LUMIÈRE, SON, VIDÉO ESQUISSE DE LEONARD DE VINCI La bande sonore réalisée par Julien Nous accorderons une attention Fezans, la lumière de Gildas Goujet particulière aux ombres et aux traces, au et la vidéo créée par David Lejard- « grain » pour que les « images totales » Ruffet, travailleront conjointement aient l’aspect des vieilles photographies à une destructuration des éléments jaunies. « naturels » : la vie sauvage qui habite l’île, la végétation qui a envahi les ruines Nous créerons un effet de nostalgie en de l’hôtel, la vie animale, les averses, recherchant des éléments significatifs les ouragans... seront travaillés comme des années 2000 : costumes légèrement des matières vivantes en apparence, démodés, tubes musicaux, mais aussi soumises à des effets de décalage images de synthèses qui ont vieilli. (surimpression, projection d’une image Par exemple, le coucher de soleil que sur l’objet qu’elle représente) et de regarde Faustine pourra être une répétition (boucles, samples, échos, reproduction type « Second Life » des réflection sur des matériaux transparents couchers de soleil de synthèse des ou floues…). À la réalité se superpose la années 2000. projection du passé, comme un film qui se projetterait sur lui-même mais dont une version serait légèrement plus pâle. 15
CONCLUSION La crise que nous sommes en train de vivre nous apprend que l’existence virtuelle ne remplace pas la rencontre réelle : l’autre me manque, être touchée me manque, faire résonner des mots et des présences dans un espace me manque. Ce projet propose de mettre en regard l’éternité supposée que propose la digitalisation, avec l’existence éphémère du théâtre. En quoi l’un influe sur l’autre? Est-ce que l’être virtuel prolonge le réel? Rivalise avec lui? 16
Instructions This document shows the conversation tree of Adolfo, the chatbot. Here are some rules that might help you to read the document. Each part is inspired by a conversation with a researcher : you can watch the video links to have a short extract. DEFENCE BEFORE SURVIVORS GO TO You can click on the word to jump from one point of the conversation to another. You can follow the arrows = Adolfo’s answers = User answers. «…» = User types any response. Text in color : Questions asked by Adolfo to the user. {text} : Adolfo uses the Facebook Profile information (like First Name for example, or memorises a specific answer to question previously asked. Tribute-to-maltus powerty the defence-before-survovors food Introduction Tribute to Malthus Poverty the poors Food The defence before Hey! First part of my text is a are always those TRIBUTE who suffer first. Food is a really good land to say : TO is it working? MALTHUS Is your society working? Oh! {First Name} ! I thought I was alone in here! You know {First Name}, in 2100 we will be 10 Billion people living on Earth? Food is the only bit in a person’s budget that you can squeeze easily. Does everyone get enough… survivors Now we’ve reached the most important part of my project: DEFENSE Isn’t it scary?? Rent, electricity, gaz, BEFORE are pretty well fixed, How will we be able to feed everyone? is there a decent level SURVIVORS you can’t do anything about them. We were only 1 Billion in 1800 But you can straight down in your food of food security for everyone? or reduce your consumption. I want to put together a living archive, An eternal memory Containing the testimonies of those who are alive today. Do you wanna know who Malthus is, {First Name} ? That’s an important element, I think. How will you defend your generation before the court of future generations? Yes How will we respond when our children sue us for everything we’ve done to them? YES No I want to find some positive things, that’s why I need you. So I’m gonna tell you. Oh, sounds like you’re a specialist. Everybody on earth has to eat. The poor are often differently impacted Présentation MALTHUS CHILDREN because western diet provides a source of cheap calories ; this is reflected in growing inequalities and shorter life expectancies. You know, sometimes, I ask myself how people remember if they don’t film Food is the single connector. and don’t take photos. Hi {First Name}, my name is Adolfo. Malthus I am the character of The Invention of Morel, a novel written by Adolfo Bioy Casares. SPLIT TRAFFIC : Have you heard about it? 50% go to VEGAN 50% go to CLIMATE DISRUPTION Everybody on earth has to have The images I filmed a month ago have replaced my memory. Yes A long time ago No What is it? What did humanity do before to remember? enough nutrition, to survive. I know: humanity wrote the Bible. The new Bible will be the eternal magnetic tape So you already know me. Do you want me to remind you the story? Do you want me to remind you the story? Nothing to brag about then…. Do you want to know my story? Do you want to know the story? of a time that will have to be continuously replayed simply to know that it existed. Yes No Yes Yes Malthus vegan And that sure has to be spread from a family, to a community, slavery to a nation, Oh, wait, I’ve got this picture … to a planet. It’s a bachelor machine THE PROJECT VENEZUELA VENEZUELA LEAVING MARKS Vegan Slavery I miss my body leaving-marks When I was alive It was hard fo find something edible on this island likes There’s an intimate connection between the diets we see today we do not live globally. and the we way we consume I used to eat mushrooms There are huge problems and colonialism And roots and slavery. To spread the western Diet is a really bad idea Sugar, tea, coffee, tobacco, coton… Leaving marks Likes (Oh! The smell of coffee…) Are you a great cooker? all of these things A few years ago, Do we have the relationship between the time that we spend leaving marks and the marks that we leave right? and plantation forms of agriculture leaving your mark I “like” something not so much in order to say that I like it but more to remind myself that I liked it. are embedded in slavery. meant having children, What counts is not the mark it leaves in time but reacting that way at that specific time. fighting a war, Nice huh? carving your name into a tree If everyone wants to copy the American diet, the prospects Really? You know, like in Winterreise of feeding 10 billions people All came out of slavery. is not very good. That structured this Auf der Flüsse de Franz Schubert : In deine Decke grab ich and I think for Europeans we kinda tent to blank out Mit einem spitzen Stein / Den Namen meiner Liebsten / Und Stund und Tag hinein DANCE What do you think {First Name}? this history lead to where we are now and the people who suffered He lived in 19th Century. haven’t forgotten their lot cases. Oh tatoos POORS ... Mmh Can you describe me your favorite meal? Poors But if we wanted to copy Tatoos a basically plant-based diet then you could probably feed FOOD 12 or 14 billions you know Mmmh VENEZUELA Today, marks are digital. But they still mark our bodies: a good movie will make us laugh or cry. Our tools let us leave all sorts of marks, very quickly, in a controlled, exponential way. venezuela So much of the agriculture production that’s produced So, maybe that creates an even greater need for us to mark our bodies with tattoos, to dye our hair… Poors is fed to animals, monoculture Nice In 1798, Malthus was extremely concerned about a law https://soundcloud.com/clarachabalier/auf-dem-flusse DANCE that was to provide all poor people which is a very unefficient way of consuming it seems. with a kind of minimum wage. servers Monoculture Venezuela Oh If you got an industrial system that requires, We need to make our marks physical, Malthus believed that In the end, let’s say, hum… to mark certain things emotionally, giving poor people a pension all animals depend on plants. an input who’s consistent and uniform, We’ve always done that, would encourage them to have children. I was a political opposer, I had to flee from my country, Venezuela. then that pushes you into monoculture in the background. only the technology has changed. Food is always about pleasure and sociability and culture I’ve always wanted to change the world. And you? How would you like to be remembered? READY FOR A CHANGE? Servers Whatever we are, now, And it’s a breeding ground He said : hum, for pest when you have monoculture, “The bed of the poor man Every time I hear a brass band launch into Glory to the Brave People kind of all those who eat animals what you’re doing Me, I don’t care about leaving behind a theory that’s named after me. We talk about what we do online, not so much so that others will know but rather, to leave a mark behind. We mark the present is more fertile than the bed of the rich man.” I can’t contain these feelings of patriotism. we could eat anything. is creating a wonderful space I’d rather make a lasting mark on my readers, moment and then we move on. Aren’t we losing our life in our desire to capture eternity? Do I want my marks to stay accessible fo- for pest to breed see that what I’ve shared has created other little marks rever? Does being forgotten mean being invisible? Being relegated to the 3rd page of Google search results, to a state of limbo? Do and become more effective and allows other things to be built. our marks on the internet grant us eternity? No. These marks are engraved on servers, they’re just plastic and metal. And if we wanna survive, with the planet, https://vimeo.com/492779646 that will probably pick the population and as you can see with covid 19 Writing a book was hard for my great grandmother, and comes down, into the jungles and so far whereas today, anyone can write a book. to provide more space You create the conditions Well, almost. DANCE then we need to reflect that for the passing over the diseases The development of voice and visual technology gives people from one species to another. who don’t have the cultural background they need to write the chance forgettings to leave their mark. SPLIT TRAFFIC : how we will manage our dietary transition 20% go to LIKES 22% go to TATTOOS FOOD and do some reversing. You can still see this reflected in the way that public policies 33% go to SERVERS 25% go to FORGETTING Forgetting focus on couples’ fertility (and disadvantaged, immigrant couples’ fertility in particular). SPLIT TRAFFIC : The compulsive desire to leave marks leads to forgetting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd0HC2IDgcM 50% go to SLAVERY 50% go to MONOCULTURE Forgetting is a human mechanism: you, would you like to live your whole life with everything that you have in your head? The marks must disappear. POPULATION DENSITY The beauty of the mark is ephemeral, like a sunset, for instance… pop density climate-disruption Militarization transition He feared that if nothing was done, the population would multiply geometrically You know, 2-4-8-16-32… while our ability to increase resources would multiply arithmetically 2-4-6-8 etc Population density Climate disruption Militarization Transition one of the things you have to do So there’s two options : is you look for people we are in a great transition in human history Find a way to feed the population who stand to benefit. we’ve had the agriculture revolution And you {First Name}, in which country do you live? Or But the question is : we’ve had the industrial revolution Lower the births. in the phase of basic climate disruption, this has to be a transformative one. where we really don’t know what the climate will be like in 2100. save to {Country} CHILDREN I’m currently looking at why the world spends so much money on militarism. It’s not just about food {First Name} Do you feel such a thing with the hymn of {Country}? it’s about… dance The probable failure to limit global average temperature rise to 2°C, Nearly 2 trillion dollars a year {First Name}! DANCE children it’s the future of the human race : Oh! Set {popdensity} attribute to country population density or 0 if country not found. how to cooperate Set {SpokenLangage} to langage that is spoken in this country. with current projections with the resources we’ve got of probably 4°C If {popdensity} is not 0 : If {popdensity} is 0 and attribute country is 0 : and possibly 6°C rises, will cause a degree of disruption Which cannot defend us against these challenges {popdensity} per square kilometer, that’s a lot compared with I don’t know this country. to normal weather patterns THAT is the biggest challenge, {First Name}. of inequality, biodiversity, climate change… or is it to compete bitterly for what that exist? Dance Children Dance movements bear the names of the people who created them. Once, someone did this move and that move was reproduced and now we don’t know who created it but its mark is there and it’s powerful. Somewhere in the world, a little girl is reproducing POPULATION DENSITY a move that was maybe created, who knows, in a 15th century Hungarian theater. Its fame was ephemeral but the mark it made is You’re gonna see draughts you’re gonna see extreme heat, that are completely useless! lasting. This is where I live now. you’re gonna see rising sea levels, Do you have children? all of these are now inevitable. That last one will lead us to 19th century , 20th century conflicts etc… If {popdensity} is 0 : YES No Right? Do you believe in ghosts? They don’t do true defense! No matter. Let’s go on «How much » is the question. And don’t you think food Oh, nice Me too. My transmission will be made through my books. is an underline pressure GHOSTS NO CHILDREN behind a lot of conflicts in the world? THE PROJECT YES CHILDREN you know {First Name} So who are the people the impact on climate is gonna be huge. who would benefit for not spending that money over here? We are gonna get a lot colder, humm not warmer. VILLINGS yes-children yes-children no-children Haha villings TRANSITION We’re gonna see a major shift. ghost Yes Children No Children READY FOR A CHANGE traditional-kknowledge Oh, Nice. Do you want some? So we need to be monitoring things Villings How many? and try to prevent that. {numberchildren} Yes No Traditional knowledge I think the island is called Villings. Might be part of the Ellice archipelago. A rug merchant loaded me into the hold of his ship. HOPE Ghosts In Rabaul, I got on a dinghy. CHILDREN = WORKFORCE STOP MAKING KIDS we need to actually learn Here, The dinghy washed up on the shore on the eastern side of the island. What do you think about it? from the lived experience and… the ghost is me. how people have managed I believe it’s my own voice But in the island, there were already a group of people : to maintain agriculture systems over long periods, but I allow it to be taken over by another’s voice not just any other voice, but that of my own ghosts. So ghosts do exist. Huh And it’s the ghosts who will answer you. hope with the understanding we’re also developing from our modern scientific and technical research, At first I thought they were tourists and I hid. stop making kids into the understanding of SPLIT TRAFFIC : how the organism operate, MArie Huot https://vimeo.com/493503855 50% go to MILITARIZATION 50% go to TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE how ecology works, and we’re still a long way from… understanding that. Stop making kids Marie Huot Don’t you think, {First Name} ? Hope But then I understood they were captured by the invention of Morel. Let me tell you about a woman I like. Modern developments in technology and telecommunication, Stop having kids. Maybe there’s a child That would be one way! Her name is Marie Huot, we’ll need to mesh those technologies instead of diminishing the realm of ghosts, as does any scientific or technical thought, https://vimeo.com/491641888 who’s being born now much more closely together. are leaving behind the age of ghosts, Look at her picture who is going to be the one to invent, as part of the age of manors, Morel is the name of host of the island I don’t know… the car that will solve all our oil problems?? with its somewhat primitive technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nmu3uwqzbI as a certain bygone age, With technology, medical advances, Generally speaking we could imagine you can find university educated people a world where men wouldn’t bear children, tend to treat farmers Exactly but women wouldn’t bear them either. as stupid, ignorant people whereas I believe that ghosts are part of the future as they were educated. His invention y es-ghist no-ghost is able to reproduce people and things in all dimensions Well, it would be pretty bad for babies’ mental health, But they would talk, and that the modern technology of images, Maybe actually, there’s no reason to worry… but why couldn’t we imagine machines doing it? like cinematography No : Though sure it would take a lot of money and telecommunication, Yes : Yeah, like photography enhances the power of ghosts video She originated the “strike of the bellies” slogan, and their ability to haunt us... recorder These 20th century spiritualist tech engineers, You can listen what she stated at a press conference in September 1892 just like the current-day ghost hunters on YouTube, and they talk very different langages. believed that electromagnetic waves If there are 10 billion people on earth in 2100, MARIE HUOT are the matter that the spirits use to express themselves. that will mean we’ve found a way to feed 10 billion people, https://vimeo.com/491621201 and even you {FirstName}! Since we’re surrounded by electromagnetic waves, I just met you we could say that anything could be seen as a spirit. But the censors were too powerful that we’ll have kept the environment but to me you’re already permeated by all sorts of phantom figures. it burnt there skin in good enough shape venezuela to maintain a certain life expectancy. They may be able to describe some things but the scientists or the educated dismissed But above all, {FirstName}, we are faced with all our projections, I entered the machine. those that we created and those that others created as commentary. If you look at the world today The waves, the online identities and artificial intelligence we’ve been able to feed everyone And I, as a writer, feel part of it!! like Siri, When I arrived on this island, everything mixes together and connects, I didn’t even had a knife! leading to new, specific notions of ghosts From the time they were invented, and our own spectrality. photography, It was the only way to reach cinematography, the sky of conscious in terms of the amount of food that’s produced. the radio, of Faustine. For years. the phonograph, were used by spiritualist engineers When someone passes away in person, who helped them come up with a way we bury them, to establish optimal communications we burn them, between the world of the living we take them to the cemetery and the world of the dead. in a separate place, Now my body is no longer alive. The fact that people got hungry has not to do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxRTguQtHfw Only my ghost is repeating on and on the same sequence. with the amount of food available, it has to do with economic power, https://soundcloud.com/clarachabalier/marie-huot-2 Their used langage as mystical or whatever, was based upon that knowledge of environment on the Internet, the deceased show up online because we have access to all the data of the people who died. it has to do with effective demand, or knowledge of how things worked. it has to do with distribution of wealth, it has to do with access to land, With a modified radio, it has to do with the education of women, Friedrich Jürgenson heard the murmuring it has to do with, Even more so if we loved them, of discarnate voices Do you like it? I guess my conscious stayed alive. you know, If we want to remember them. in the slightest rustling of nature. so many factors… TRANSITION It’s not necessarily an intrusive memory, it’s not as though the spirits are showing up by themselves, but if we remember them, ready-for-change if we interact with them via their social media accounts I love that girl. The spirits asked Konstantin Raudive if they’ve taken the necessary steps to keep their accounts, to pray for their salvation hummm That’s why I’m talking to you. What do you think {First Name}? and more and more people are keen to do that, and expressed the pain they felt because these accounts and this information Ok {First Name} at not being able to enter the hereafter. have become the most concrete, realistic marks of the deceased we are faced with networks that contain more and more profiles of the deceased NEO-MALTHUSIANS it’s a bit egotistical to say that, right? Do you want to listen? neo-malthusians And this one ? Anyway… {SpokenLangage} : I’m happy to see you! what-do-they-eat Ready for a change Portugais : e muito bon ver-té! So, opening your Facebook account, while intentionally keeping the deceased among your friends, Roumain : mă bucur să te văd! YES NO doesn’t mean the same thing as it did before. Allemand : Schön, dich zu sehen! Espagnol : Me alegro de verte! If {numberchildren} > 2 When we scroll through the page of a deceased person who was dear to us Arabe : Why not kill yourself right away then huh? we’re not trying to access their data You, {First Name}, you are alive… but to access the memory that was within us, Italien : sono contento di vederti! Néerlandais : goed je te zien! Do you think people are ready for a change? the feeling that we had when we were together. Russe : Neo-malthusians What do they eat Of course we can be 10 billions people in 2100. Malthus didn’t recommend limiting births ohh But what do they eat? Mm via “unnatural” processes, That’s the basic question. Are you in love with someone? in other words, contraception. yes - No - not set There is no shortage of food SPLIT TRAFFIC : or capacity to physically produce sure Sorry, enough food to feed adequately CHILDREN = WORKFORCE What’s their name? Ah… I didn’t understand 20% go to GHOST 80% go to THE PROJECT He simply called the current and foreseeable population globally. for moral restraint, c hildren=workforce in other words, sexual abstinence outside of marriage, I love… Faustine. which was to be delayed as well. the decline of civilisation Faustine is dead. An average French citizen There’s no more Faustine beyond this image Maybe the experience with Covid 19 For whom I don’t exist. probably consumes has shown major change can happen by a factor of ten or more times in response to immediate threat. the amount of resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIa6pNOnl1w the poject an Indian peasant consumes. Children=workforce The decline of civilizations In my case, as I don’t have a body anymore, SURVIVORS I feel quite close from this advice. When a civilization manages to take on challenges, it grows. But we’re talking about things NO Otherwise, it declines. that are much longer acting rather than an immediate and present danger, {FirstName} Having kids complicates things But, yeah, you know {First Name} as soon as you have kids, In Europe, you’ve reached a point Even if, I must confess, it’s no longer your own needs that get met first. where the mortality rate is low survivors I would really love to be able to touch Faustine You’re bringing a dependent being into the world. and life expectancy is high. Or kiss her, just once… if you don’t take care of a child, “Civilizations die by suicide, not by murder,” camille-alloing said Arnold Toynbee, I think if you can help people understand the child dies, The project that’s exactly what happens, right, so for anyone, whatever their job is, the great British historian who studied the end of civilizations. Look at that why we are doing things and do it in a way that’s fair and doesn’t penalize the poorest, it will complicate things, least able to do things, because they can no longer just think about themselves, the challenges will the people with the power So, you know {First Name}… Hum… sorry… Especially women, since women are here to think about kids. allow that to happen I got lost… urrrr… If every man in a given generation is like a library and there are fewer libraries on the receiving end, Survivors there’s inevitably going to be a loss, even with technical progress like during the digital revolution. Camille Alloing Every man’s ability to acquire skills and knowledge In 1900, there’s huge amount of things …. As my body is looping on and on…. in France, Malthus’ essay was met is necessarily limited. 1 out of every 4 people on earth was European. Personally, I would be happy if the Survivors kept our spirit of defiance: I have all the time to think of my project. that human being are doing with a very, So, the ability of a smaller generation to receive a cultural and Today, there’s only 1 European for every 10 people. that are quiet stunning. What do you think our Survivors will be like? calling everything into question. very, intellectual heritage Doubt and our ability to reconfigure very big success, is inevitably smaller than that of a bigger generation. rather than to reject. POVERTY In 2050, they predict there will be I want to compile a document that will be like…… 9.8 billion people living on earth. But the same time there’s a huge amount of things https://vimeo.com/491617467 CONCLUSION a living archive of a world that’s inventing itselft There’s that famous saying: 7% only will be European. that human being are doing completely nuts. Mmh estimony from people “It would be better for the French to save money than to have children.” who could defend our generation before the court of future generations. geoff-tansey My project is called : It seems that soon, DEFENCE Europe won’t be able to play BEFORE Lower-morality And self-destructive. such an important role in geopolitics. Oh SURVIVORS Let’s take the fall of the Roman empire, {First Name}, for example, ok? With these pages, If {numberchildren} = ou < 2 I want to sue t Geoff Tansey he enemies of the forests and the deserts. We measure a country’s power How do you move I want to show by how many children it has: from one Courant of the destructiveness Interesting that the world renders One of Malthus main descendant In the 3rd century AD, the Roman population decreased significantly. Lower Mortality children are the workforce, to the Courant that is more… all miscarriages of justice irreparable: People paid too much in taxes, I’ll keep the sense of urgency, Is the Club de Rome. creative? police brutality they had no hope for the future, the activism, perfected stalking techniques so they withdrew and stopped having children. the Greta Thunberg challenge to the older generation, wiretapping Despite the fact that the population They started feeling like the future would be worse than the present day, I’ll keep enthusiasm, profiling Border has seen an eight-fold increase over two centuries that there was no rosy future, hum… control and people on earth have never before been so they let things go. what would I keep? so well educated, Are people willing to change? What would you like to keep from our era? I would keep the creativity that we see going on around, euh… in the early 70s In the mid 4th century AD, the fall began: so safe or so healthy. User Answer the whole scientific and technical individus published a report on “The Limits to Growth,” land was abandoned and malaria took root, trying to understand how our environment works that outlined the dire consequences of long-term, taking down the population. and understanding the nature of conservation exponential economic growth and maintaining biodiversity. and population growth in a finite world Since 1950, the army, taxes, our life expectancy has increased they’re the illustration This world is hell for the persecuted. interesting by 25 years, on average. of one country’s power relative to another’s. Huh And we’re making the greatest strides in the places Cities decayed, I would want keep the sense of internationalism TRIBUTE TO MALTHUS Look at this : where we didn’t necessarily expect them: port commerce fell apart that still exist amongst enough people. Those are things that are worth keeping and piracy took hold of the Mediterranean because there was no longer any power able to keep the seas safe. and building and expanding upon. The idea is for the “best” people to have kids. Being social, Places like Yemen, When you hear people say, THE DEFENCE BEFORE SURVIVORS Yeah exchanging cultures, Tunisia, though the numbers don’t necessarily back this up, understanding South Korea that “immigrants have 4, 5 or 6 kids and exchanging different cuisines, to get government handouts,” and Bhutan. what’s the issue ? DEMOGRAPHIC WINTER I think it’s really something that has opened up people’s taste and you can use that to go deeper. you mean we didn’t need to renew the population? Mmh The real driver is mortality. People know that when you want to have What I wouldn’t keep is a lot of the ideologies, two live children, The fear is to be invaded by foreigners, of the fundamentalisms, having two children is enough, that’s exactly what we’re seeing today. the religious… whereas before, no : d emographic winter you had to have 5 or 6 children How would you defend our generation before the court of future generations? the use of religion to divide people. in order to have two make it to adulthood. Which is what is being used. And to stop people thinking. For example, when Germany says Thinking is something that people don’t like to do. that there’s a problem with generational renewal, And advertising is a way to help you not think. we see very clearly that this isn’t a problem worldwide, It’s a way to shortcut your brain, this is still a very domestic, to cut out… Yes {First Name} national, Ohhh thinking. Rather than fight to convince people country-level lens to stop having children, Demographic winter and that… the neo-Malthusians fought to convince people to have children in, CONCLUSION as we say today, The intensity of this demographic winter a consciously decided way, varies widely depending on the country: That’s what the demographic transition is: You know {First Name}… people’s behavior depends on a range of factors: really? people adapting their fertility level One of the consequences of the aging of the population social, economic and cultural causes, etc. to the mortality level. is the shifting weight of voters: so the idea was to educate women in particular on sex and fertility. For example, in Europe, there’s a clear fertility gap between France and Germany because their political and cultural contexts CONSUMPTION do you think it’s worth it to vote in an election are completely different. SPLIT TRAFFIC : if we’re in the minority to begin with? France, even if there’s still a lot of progress to be made, is a country that allows fanny-georges If {numberchildren} > 2 If {numberchildren} = ou < 2 women to balance their family life and their work life. 33% go to CAMILLE ALLOING In Germany, women who go back to work are called “mother crows.” These negative connotations make it even harder to balance family life and work life. WHAT DO THEY EAT? LOWER MORTALITY 34% go to GEOFF TANSEY SPLIT TRAFFIC : consumption 50% go to POVERTY 50% go to THE DECLINE OF CIVILIZATIONS SPLIT TRAFFIC : 33% go to FANNY GEORGES. Fanny Georges 25% go to LEAGUE FOR HUMAN REGENERATION 75% go to POVERTY What I’d like to keep from our era is the way that creatives, people who seem, from the outside, ill equipped Consumption for systematic social action of the sort that we ask of most people, Well, you know {First Name}, are given the ability to exist and survive without altering themselves. sure it’s easy to use the environmental argument, the-league-for-human-regeneration I hope that our Survivors will keep the flexibility we will have developed to that’s one of the few altruistic arguments that people adapt to all sorts of circumstances who don’t want to have kids can use. without necessarily thinking they’re permanent. CONCLUSION conclusion When someone says something like that, The league for human regeneration it’s hard to argue with them. Historically you can see how this ignorance of the woman sexuality has been entertained by the institutions Because a growing population is a sign of power. The real issue is that 86%global household wealth is owned by 10% In 1896, And 50% own barely 1% Paul Robin founded the League for Human Regeneration Conclusion It’s not that there are too many kids on the planet, The hard thing with the times is that before you can bring forth new ideas you have to destroy all the simulacra that the century it’s just that we do a terrible job with consumption and its favorite instrument, and we exploit the earth like crazy to make money. the TV, generate in the place of what disappeared. That’s why I’m passionate about this whole new information grid, the internet, blogs, etc. with its inevitable dregs. But a new culture will be born from this. Did you know {First Name}, today, more people suffer from obesity than hunger? What culture? Only our Survivors can say. All we can say, is that “something” exists, and that’s not a bad start. POVERTY Beyond that, there’s just cartomancy (or politics). https://www.lesinrocks.com/2008/04/29/cinema/actualite-cinema/la-seconde-vie-de-chris-marker/ Its first principle was to “spread precise physiological and social science ideas in order to allow parents to understand when they need to be careful regarding the number of children they have and to ensure their freedom and women’s freedom, above all.” Which meant : Educate women to sexuality. But that same year, Jacques Bertillon founded the National Alliance for the Growth of the French Population With some political and financial support, Jacques Bertillon managed to get the League for Human Regeneration sentenced for pornography. They had merely used leaflets and posters to explain what we learn today in biology class. yeah… Then in 1956, The National Demographic institute (INED) Published an article entitled , “The Limitation of Births,” arguing that it’s better for women to live in ignorance than for them to stop having children. Mmh POVERTY Naviguer dans le pdf : http://www.compagniepetrole.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/final3-1.pdf Dialoguer avec Adolfo : https://www.facebook.com/defensebeyondsurvivors/ Se connecter à Facebook et cliquer sur «Envoyer un message» 17
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