In the lecture performance But, Will I Remember?, Naghmeh Manavi examines how we relate to stories. Manavi’s work addresses ideas about memory, identity, collective action, and power dynamics, all connected to narratives. Her creative explorations are conducted through various media and draw inspiration from diverse fields, such as neuroscience, social science, and narratology.
The staging of But, Will I Remember? is threefold. Manavi mixes different presentation modes to shape a relationship between three layers of self-image. There is the narrator, the speaker (a live-streaming video character who unfolds the story structure for the audience), and the third image, performed live on stage and focused on human action's individual and collective aspects. But, Will I Remember? is Manavi's curious attempt to create an event that needs to be experienced.
Naghmeh Manavi is a theatremaker, writer, and performer who works at the cross-section of art and theoretical thinking. While her focus was on object theater, in recent years, her artistic research has often translated into lecture performances. Naghmeh was seen at work last year during Moussem Cities in Brussels.
concept, text, performance: Naghmeh Manavi
video: Nima Dehghani
outside eye: Ali Moini & Joao Fiadero
coproduction: Moussem Nomadisch Kunstencentrum, Kaserne Basel, Latitudes Contemporaines
research references: The Cambridge introduction to narrative (2008); Narrative Politics: Stories and Collective Action by Frederick Mayer and Frederick W. Mayer; Stories and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Narrative by Paul B. Armstrong
portrait picture © Maria Harfouche
stage pictures © Nima Dehghani
In the lecture performance But, Will I Remember?, Naghmeh Manavi examines how we relate to stories. Manavi’s work addresses ideas about memory, identity, collective action, and power dynamics, all connected to narratives. Her creative explorations are conducted through various media and draw inspiration from diverse fields, such as neuroscience, social science, and narratology.
The staging of But, Will I Remember? is threefold. Manavi mixes different presentation modes to shape a relationship between three layers of self-image. There is the narrator, the speaker (a live-streaming video character who unfolds the story structure for the audience), and the third image, performed live on stage and focused on human action's individual and collective aspects. But, Will I Remember? is Manavi's curious attempt to create an event that needs to be experienced.
Naghmeh Manavi is a theatremaker, writer, and performer who works at the cross-section of art and theoretical thinking. While her focus was on object theater, in recent years, her artistic research has often translated into lecture performances. Naghmeh was seen at work last year during Moussem Cities in Brussels.
