北藝嚴選：盧卡斯.塔沃柯夫斯基《共和國》

✶超級大劇院首度開啟！邀千人共同站上史詩級舞臺

✶一場長達𝟨小時的沉浸式派對，與藝術家零距離互動，共創驚喜瞬間

✶結合電子樂、錄像藝術與現場演出的烏托邦國度

「我感到真正的自由，是在狂歡的當下。」——盧卡斯．塔沃柯夫斯基（Łukasz Twarkowski）

《共和國》是一場騷動。一次政變。一把利刃。森林的細語和電子樂的海嘯。製片廠拆到一半的布景。劇院的自旋。憑空造鎮的野心。流亡的國度。一架反照觀眾內心渴望的本我機器。

北藝中心將打通「大劇院」與「藍盒子」兩個劇院空間，成為一座偌大的「超級大劇院」迎接盧卡斯．塔沃柯夫斯基（Łukasz Twarkowski）的獨立建國。他將率領一幫藝術家，動員超過百人，在此成立一座柏拉圖致力將之驅逐的《共和國》。這個概念源自18世紀末的保拉瓦共和國（The Pavlov Republic）。它由一位神父創建，他與800位農民擁有自己的軍隊、金錢、劇院、學校，以及某種形式的醫療保健系統。最終，烏托邦並未實現，但這仍是一個可敬的構想。

當人類面對大疫襲來，保證取消，權威退駕，生活變得越來越可疑，一個母體般的影像世界轟然環繞，越追求自由，越感到痛苦。

曾幾何時，我們活在一個已然發生的未來？

盧卡斯繼續探問：如果我們可以完全忘記工作一年，會發生什麼？

為了組建《共和國》，盧卡斯面試來自歐洲各劇院，超過百人的創作者，最終匯集15位演員、作曲家、舞台設計師、戲服設計師、編劇、DJ，加入這場實驗，帶領成員們在立陶宛森林中建立與世隔絕的「公社（Community）」。這場實驗最終並未成功，五年後，世界更加混亂，公社成員們終於理解那當時發生的事情的意義，決定製作一場演出，總結人類可能的未來以及存在的意義。

《共和國》在超級大劇院構建了一個微型的烏托邦，裡面有廚房、酒吧、桑拿房、紐奧良拖車、太空船、看台，以及配有DJ台和舞池的主舞臺。長達六小時的沉浸式體驗，邀請觀眾穿越三個階段，從旁觀者變身為共和國的公民。

✪會員限定✪
北藝嚴選獨家活動《共和國》立國前派對！  　▶了解詳情

第一部份：通關入境 - 展覽

人們在所有空間遊逛，了解共和國的地理布局。

第二部份：成為國民 - 參與沉浸式現場表演和錄像裝置

觀眾面臨兩個選擇：通過大螢幕觀看，或直接進入房間體驗。

觀眾將同時置身螢幕與房間混合的第三類空間，體驗虛實相互侵占的奇妙感覺。

第三部份 ： 一場盛大的派對：立牆被完全夷平，霓虹落下。

當一切框架都卸除之後，《共和國》把敘事的權柄交還觀眾，邀請填空：我要____。

我要信仰。我要自由。我要做夢。我要愛。我要潘朵拉盒子底部那抹微小的希望。

DJ、演員與觀眾進入本能似的舞動中。

長時間的舞蹈看似毫無產出，與資本社會強調努力的價值觀背道而馳。

然而，即使努力，人們也未必能得到想要的。於是人們選擇狂歡，以此反抗絕望的現狀，將他們帶回古老的夢幻世界。

藝術家以過去式描述那未曾發生卻彷彿早已發生的世界，以鐵克諾（Techno）電子樂、銳舞派對（Rave）和錄像藝術，將這一場龐大夢境聯繫起來。

DJ與表演者持續不斷播放音樂，勾攝為現實所困的人們，一場通宵達旦的銳舞派對（Rave），讓《共和國》成了短暫庇護所。

夢中的天堂最終將抵達現實，再瑰麗的伊甸園都會變成地獄。《共和國》的樂音在變調之前戛然而止。那一瞬間，我們感到絕對的恍惚，及絕對的自由。

盧卡斯．塔沃柯夫斯基（Łukasz Twarkowski）

1983年出生於波蘭，是一位結合劇場與視覺藝術的多媒體表演創作者。2011年，塔沃柯夫斯基以導演身份，執導了由Anka Herbut編劇、Bartosz Porczyk主演的《Farnielli》，正式踏入劇場界。他深受猶太作家扎爾曼．格拉多夫斯基（Zalman Gradowski）及波蘭電影導演克里斯多夫．奇士勞斯基（Krzysztof Kieślowski）影響。然而，他卻不以純粹的文字或影像作為媒材，而是貪婪地運用多媒體表演試圖捕捉當代雜駁的生活經驗與訊息亂流，如擴增實境般，拓展真實的邊界。 其作品《Rohtko》受哲學家韓炳哲著作《山寨：中國式解構》啟發，質疑西方藝術對原真性的迷戀；《The Employees》以前衛科幻美學，藉一艘太空船上的人類和仿生人，托出關於工作、存在、情感與人機關係的反思；《洛基斯》（LOKIS）疊合一篇小說和兩個真實事件，針對「恐懼」和「不可控性」進行微觀的研究；《Black Sun》轉譯克里斯蒂娃（Julia Kristeva）的同名著作，在難以創造的絕對深暗中，將觀眾引入靜謐憂鬱的冥河。

這段體驗他稱之為「成為你自己的螢幕」。考慮到當代的影像氾濫與過曝，或許也是「成為你自己的墳墓」。 當代人類已不能豁免於影像的侵擾，可是對塔沃柯夫斯基而言，「動態影像只是運動的幻覺。」即便以高幀數來拍攝，在第23幀和第24幀之間發生的斷裂，仍然神秘而漆黑。這些黑洞創造出連續性的幻覺，給予藝術家巨大的空間。如果說作家是在字詞的空白處寫作，那麼影像創作者則是身處黑暗之中創造。帶著強烈的反思，《共和國》是他重大的轉折，一場真切的夢境，如霧如真，他說：「如果我們都做著同一個夢，它就成了現實。」

【About the Performance】

Respublika is a commotion, a coup, a sharp sword, the whisper of the forest and tsunami in techno music, the half-dismantled film studio set, the self-rotation of a theatre, the ambition to build a town out of thin air, the realm for the exiles, and the machine of reflecting audience’s inner desire. Taipei Performing Arts Center will connect its Grand Theater and Blue Box to form the massive-scale Super Theater for the independent nation built by Łukasz Twarkowski, who leads a band of artists and mobilizes over a hundred of people to establish the “Respublika” (republic) which Plato would have endeavored to expel. The concept comes from “The Pavlov Republic” in the late 18th Century, where its founder, a catholic priest, gathers 800 peasants to form a community with its own army, currency, theatre, school, and some kind of medical healthcare system. As a utopia unmaterialized, “The Pavlov Republic” still provides an admirable inspiration. When humans face pandemic threats, with assurance abolished and authority invalidated, life becomes more suspicious than ever and suddenly finds it in a matrix-like world of flooded images. The pursuit of freedom thus brings more suffering. Since when have we lived in a future which has already happened?

Łukasz continues with the question: what will happen if we can forget about work for a whole year?

For the founding of Respublika, Łukasz interviewed over a hundred of artists from theatres across Europe. The final group, 15 people in total, included actors, composers, set designers, costume designers, playwrights and DJs, who joined Łukasz in this experimental project to create an isolated community in a Lithuanian forest. Eventually, the experiment failed with the dissolution of the community; and another few years later, since the world became increasingly chaotic, the community members finally realized the significance of what they experienced during that time, so they agreed to produce a stage performance to conclude a possible future for humans and its existential purpose.

Respublika builds a microscopic utopia at Super Theatre, where you can find kitchen, bar, sauna, New Orleans trailer, spaceship, spectator stand, and its main stage consisting of a DJ panel and dance floor. The 6-hour immersive experience invites audience to go through its three parts from purely spectators to citizens of Respublika. The first part adopts the form of an exhibition, allowing visitors free access to the whole space so they can know better about the geographical layout of Respublika. The second part is a combination of live performance and video installation. Visitors are given two choices: to watch it on the big screen or to experience it in the room. When the framework is completely taken down, the audience will find themselves in the “third space,” a mixture of screens and rooms, characterized with a strange feeling of the juxtaposition of virtual illusion and reality. The third part is a grand party: with the standing walls fully dismantled and neon lights descending, Respublika hands the scepter of storytelling back to the audience to finish the “I want" sentence: I want faith. I want freedom. I want to dream. I want love. I want the tiny hope at the bottom of Pandora’s box. DJs, actors, and the audience begin to dance and move instinctively. The durational dance seems to produce nothing and goes against the values of an effort-driven capitalist society.

However, your hard work does not always bring you what you desire, so people choose to rave as a resistance to the current helpless situation and travel back to the ancient fantasy. The artist describes the future world in past tense as if it has already happened, connecting to the immense dream-realm via techno, rave, and radio art. The DJs and performers play the music nonstop to lure those trapped in reality, while the all-night rave party makes Respublika a temporary shelter. The paradise in the dream will eventually reach reality, turning the most splendid Garden of Eden into hell. The melody of Respublika stops playing before it becomes distorted. At that moment, we are in an absolute trance to enjoy absolute freedom.

Director｜Łukasz Twarkowski

Łukasz Twarkowski (b. 1983) is a creator of multimedia performances combining theatre and visual arts. He places his projects in the context of extending reality through multimedia. A crucial element of Twarkowski’s creative work is investigating the ability and limitations of theatre as a medium and tool of communication. By permanent deconstruction of narratives, questioning the fixed habits of the audience and by meaningful usage of new media, Twarkowski creates a new, original language of stage performance based on multimedia and, more widely, digital technologies. In using these, Twarkowski analyses and observes increasingly complex relations between the Real, the Symbolic and the Imagined. His projects are being programmed at the most important festivals and stages of Europe, among others: Holland Festival, Odéon - Théâtre de l’Europe, Ruhrtriennale, Festival de Otoño de Madrid, Münchner Kammerspiele. Currently he is an associated artist of Onassis Stegi in Athens.

演出全長：演出全長約6小時，期間可自由進出。

到場注意事項：

◎節目全長約6小時，本場為長時間遊走式演出，如需暫時離場，請隨身攜帶票券以供查驗 ，屆時請依工作人員引導等候入場。
◎演出語言：立陶宛語、俄語、英文，字幕：中文及英文。
◎驗票請由藍盒子入場。
◎建議18歲以上觀眾欣賞，於現場購買酒精飲品時請出示年齡證件供現場人員驗證並理性飲酒。
◎本演出不開放外食，場內用餐僅限於場內可購買之餐飲，購買請自備現金。
◎演出結束時間為深夜，參與節目之觀眾請事先安排交通。提醒您飲酒後請勿自行駕駛交通工具。
◎演出部分含裸露、炫光、煙霧效果、抽菸、巨大聲響，請留意並斟酌入場。
◎因節目設計需求，演出中將進行現場轉播
◎因演出場地規劃限制，部分演出內設施輪椅觀眾觀賞及參與程度將受限，敬請海涵。
◎演出現場寄物櫃數量有限，建議輕裝前來欣賞。

◎ The program lasts approximately 6 hours. This is a long-duration, promenade-style performance. If you need to leave temporarily, please carry your ticket for re-entry verification and follow staff instructions when re-entering.
◎ Performance languages: Lithuanian, Russian, and English. Surtitles: Chinese and English.
◎ Please enter through the Blue Box entrance for ticket verification.
◎ Recommended for audiences aged 18 and above. Please present valid ID when purchasing alcoholic beverages on-site and drink responsibly.
◎ Outside food and drinks are not allowed. Dining is restricted to food and beverages available for purchase on-site. Please prepare cash for purchases.
◎ The performance ends late at night. Audience members are advised to arrange transportation in advance. Please remember not to drive after consuming alcohol.
◎ The performance contains nudity, strobe lighting, smoke effects, smoking, and loud sounds. Please consider these factors before attending.
◎ Live broadcasting will occur during the performance due to program design.
◎ Due to venue layout constraints, wheelchair accessibility and participation in certain facilities may be limited. We appreciate your understanding.
◎ There are limited lockers available at the venue. We recommend traveling light when attending the performance.