New Artus Piece Uses Tree as Analogy for Man

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Gábor Goda

The new piece, entitled Hermes 13, requires the audience to follow the performers from space to space.

 
"We ask questions of ourselves and of them. We look for answers. But what is important is not the answers themselves but the act of looking for them. The attention," Goda said explaining the new piece.
 
Hermes 13 was inspired by Hermes Trismegistus, Zarathustra and Béla Hamvas. At its centre is the tree as an analogy for humans - branches that reach toward the sky are like humans' spiritual aspirations, and the tree's roots represent the earthly bounds of men, Goda said.
 

Hermes 13 is organically linked to a performance entitled Room Turned Inside Out or Human Plants in the Living Room, which premiered during Museums' Night, as well as an action called Tree-grandchildren, which takes place in Budapest's streets in September.