About
Manicomio is a performance by TJ1 and artistic director Patrick Masset about confinement today. It grew from meetings in places marked by coercion and is for ages 12 and up.
What to expect
Manicomio is a performance by TJ1 and artistic director Patrick Masset about confinement today.
- Inspired by Raymond Depardon's photos
- Based on meetings in coercive settings
- Vivalia psychiatric hospital in Bertrix
- EHPAD Val de Meuse in Givet
- Fedasil centre in Poelkapelle; Athanor in Dave
- Looks at people outside the norm
- A form of collective presence emerges despite everything
- For ages 12 and up
Dates
Questions
When does Manicomio start and end?
Manicomio is on Wednesday, 12 May 2027, 20:00 until 23:59.
Where is Manicomio?
Manicomio takes place at Théâtre Marni, 25 Rue de Vergnies, Ixelles.
What is it about?
Manicomio is about confinement today.
It grew from meetings in places marked by coercion.
These include Vivalia psychiatric hospital in Bertrix, EHPAD Val de Meuse in Givet (France), Fedasil centre in Poelkapelle (West Flanders) and Athanor in Dave.
What inspired it?
At the end of the 1970s, Italy faced the gradual dismantling of psychiatric hospitals.
Raymond Depardon photographed several institutions on the peninsula.
He photographed the last moments at San Clemente, on a small island in the Venice lagoon.
What age is it for?
From 12 years and up.
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Getting there
Théâtre Marni, 25 Rue de Vergnies, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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