a workshop by compagnia rodisio directed byManuela Capece and Davide Doro
Architecture is the great book of the human race.
Victor Hugo
compagnia rodisio proposes a moment of work, sharing and exploration around the biennial project Cross the Line,which was developed between 2022 and 2023 in Italy and France, with more than 700 teens.
Cross the Line is a research, education and theatrical project for teens and young people.
Cross the Line is a shared creative process between Theatre and Architecture.
Line. Limit. Border. Conflict.
When does a line become a limit? What does it mean to cross that limit?
What does it mean to cross that line?
Can the line be a protection?
Can we see the limits around us?
Are the external constructions reflected within us?
Are the walls outside repeated inside?
Go beyond. Go over. Cross. Language.
Religion. Skin.
Gender. Origin. Family.Age.
Social identity. Expectation.Chance.
There is always a line near us. We walk along side it, and we often cross it, it tells us when to stop and reminds us ofwhere we were heading.
There are the new and old architectures which draw up our cities like natural borders which unite and separate sincealways.
There are physical lines, visible and clear to everyone, and there’s the imaginary ones, which nobody has ever seen, but which are just as clear.
There are lines which move in space and those which travel in time.
There are interior lines, hidden within us, that are more or less surmountable.
There is always Here and Beyond. There’s always a Me and an Other.
On this side, there is Me.
My space, my things, my way of being and acting. On that side, there’s my world.
Beyond the line, there’s You.
