Curator's Note
BAM Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo discusses his selection of Martin Zimmerman's Hallo for the 2015 Next Wave Festival.
Program Notes
Hallo (PDF)
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Article
Martin Zimmermann: Hero in a Paradoxical World (BAM Blog)
“Zimmermann demonstrates that the burlesque mime figure still has its place in today’s world, precisely because it embodies a distraught being incapable of finding his place.”
“Zimmermann demonstrates that the burlesque mime figure still has its place in today’s world, precisely because it embodies a distraught being incapable of finding his place.”
Watch & Listen
A stop-motion preview of Martin Zimmermann’s whimsical movement art.
Video
Hallo: The Short Film (YouTube) A stop-motion preview of Martin Zimmermann’s whimsical movement art.
Worthwhile Words
I have the feeling that I will never completely understand the human being – not even myself. Our entire existence strikes me as absurd. But that’s not to say I perceive it as something negative, and it has nothing to do with resignation. On the contrary: I’m especially attracted to the absurd. It’s a daily source of amusement for me. Precisely therein lie the things I find truly interesting. For instance, in the circus – in and of itself absurd – because somehow or other it’s always about the same thing: survival. That’s poetry for me. This form of art has always fascinated and inspired me. And with this poetry, I try to create my theatre.
–Martin Zimmermann [link to BAM Blog interview above]
Now your turn...
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