Organs Tissues and Candy Games

Inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus

"All of our culture is nothing other than an immense effort to dissociate life from death. (....) Abolishing death is our ghost, which branches out in all directions: that of the survival and eternity for religions, that of truth for science and that of productivity and accumulation for economics." 

Jean Baudrillard

“Organs, Tissues and Candy Games” is an investigation about monstrosity and brutality in today's world. With new values being attached to death and corpses through waged wars and technology, the performance asks who has agency over lives and bodies. It questions the role of policy making in scientific advancement and the quest of power for immortality and security, which prioritizes progress against all collateral damage. Through the story of Frankenstein and his monster the performance follows a panorama of characters from the past to the future as they struggle with their self-image, with megalomania, beautification, love, desire, loss, confinement, and death.

 

Presentation dates and locations:

Performed in 2014 at the Performing Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi.

Organs Tissues and Candy Games
Production Year: 
2014
Duration: 
1:00
Credits: 

Conceived by: Zoukak

Directed by: Maya Zbib

Associate director: Omar Abi Azar

Acting workshops directed by: Lamia Abi Azar, Hashem Adnan and Junaid Sarrieddeen

Performed by: students of NYU Abu Dhabi

commissioned and produced by: NYUAD

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