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Nobody likes to fail, so it's easy to let our daily life be determined by our fear of failure and our aspiration to win. But now could be the time to face these fears and celebrate failure: with his new performance for six emergency artists, Clément Layes elevates the flip side of success as a counterweight to the pressure to perform in our society. The tragic hero of this performance valiantly confronts the parkour of obstacles, emergency situations and tasks imposed on him by his companions, artfully failing and giving a stage to the beauty of failure. With slapstick physicality, mechanical finesse and the acrobatic inelegance of the protagonists, Layes paints a picture of the moments in life we too often cover up and our existential fear of messing up. 'The Emergency Artist' frames the art of failing with the ease of an existence freed from the shackles of our obsession with security.
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Steven Koglin, Dina Ekštjn, Ana Vnučec, Florencia Martina, Jonas Maria Droste, Ante Pavić