On 30 April 2013, Business Administration students went on an excursion to the CMMN SNS PRJCT by Laura Kalauz and Martin Schick at the TAK Theater Liechtenstein in Schaan. Here, during an enjoyable and profound 1.5-hour performance, they got to reflect on their own attitudes.
On 30 April 2013, Business Administration students went on an excursion to the CMMN SNS PRJCT by Laura Kalauz and Martin Schick at the TAK Theater Liechtenstein in Schaan. Here, during an enjoyable and profound 1.5-hour performance, they got to reflect on their own attitudes.
Breaking down the barrier between fiction and reality
Our understanding of commerce follows certain rules. But who says that these rules are the only valid ones? In the same way, our understanding of theatre is also based on formulas of our own making. Yet who says that these are the only right ones?
And what happens when these logical structures begin not only to break down, but also to merge? When theatre becomes commerce? When the theatre becomes a place of exchange? When the distance between actors and audience dissolves? When, at the end of the performance, you earn money or take home objects of a greater total value than the cost of your ticket?
Can you purchase the rights to a theatre piece there and then during the performance?
And why do you get annoyed when leaving behind the objects “earned” during the performance, only to see that someone else is only too happy to take home the drying rack, for instance? Should you maybe have acquired the rights to the theatre piece yourself after all, in order to be able to go touring with it? This would have been a great option for turning a decent profit, considering that the piece has been performed throughout Europe, in China, in South America, etc. So the offer was a serious one ...
Thanks to this unusual, interactive theatre performance, the students were able to take away the above-mentioned – and many other – morsels for thought, in order to reflect on ingrained attitudes and their effects on their own behaviour and actions. Following the performance, the Business Administration students were able to discuss the piece with the two artists and the theatre management.
Feedback from the students
Christian Diem
“I really enjoyed the atmosphere and all the goings-on at the TAK Theater Liechtenstein. The concept of common sense is an extremely interesting one. For me, it turns the whole thing into a completely different experience when one becomes actively involved in the performance. The fact that the roles are not 100% defined also suits the concept of not accepting everything at face value.
It was very exciting to see the different reactions of the audience members as they became involved in the piece. The dynamic behind the lending and borrowing of the money particularly fascinated me. How quickly 50 cents became a piece of paper on which CHF 20 is written. This provided me with more food for thought regarding our system of commerce.
What I also enjoyed was listening to a speech and then being given the paper on which it was written along with the name of the author. Next time I’ll think twice about whether I like something when, upon closer inspection, it might be a speech given by Adolf Hitler!”