Christian Fries // VERSUCH, EINEN PLATZ IN PARIS ZU ERFASSEN

What happens when nothing happens? This existential question preoccupied the avant-garde author Georges Perec in 1974. For three days, he took up residence in a square in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. And meticulously noted down the supposedly everyday. How children eating cupcakes stroll around, pigeons fly up, the weather and moods change. The result is the book "An attempt to capture a place in Paris", which is many things at once. A list of astonishing miniature events. A quasi-Buddhist exercise in non-judgmental perception. Punchline-conscious literature. Rhythmic speech music. And last but not least: the self-portrait of an eccentric author with alternating curves of excitement and exhaustion, whose personal history becomes ever more visible. The actor Christian Fries - himself also an author - has made the work his own. And in this solo performance, he places himself in Perec's imaginary world. It's amazing how much happens.

Text Georges Perec: Versuch, einen Platz in Paris zu erfassen Play, staging Christian Fries Set design Silke Brösskamp Translation Tobias Scheffel Photo ®Production Rights Éditions Christian Bourgeois, Paris / Diaphanes, Zurich Supported by Kulturamt der Stadt Münster