Summer is now the season of heatwaves, fires, drownings… It is marked this year by the rumbling of war in Ukraine and the Persian Gulf, without forgetting Sudan or the Sahel. These deadly news obsess our daily lives, sow worry, sometimes arouse the desire to look elsewhere. However, the period also offers precious antidotes: family and friend reunions, retreats, trips where we seek renewed contact with nature… And festivals! Music, theater, street arts, dance, photography, painting, sculpture: these side steps are not a diversion. They allow, in the suspended time of vacations, to become aware of the cracks in the world and in society. And to strongly feel the desire to provide solutions.
The Avignon Festival is one of those teeming places where we examine life through all the variants of tragedy and comedy, realism and dreams. For example: a scene in the shape of a black rectangle, two men who look alike – one speaks, the other too, but in sign language. My Brother, played by François and Christian Gremaud, is a sentimental and political work which raises the flag of the cause of the Deaf – they stand for the capital “S” – the story of a fight against discrimination and for equality between humans.
In adversity, the two actors explain, an inversion of terms transforms helplessness into action. “It’s possible… But it’s difficult” becomes: “It’s difficult… But it’s possible.” » This logical reversal opens up a space for creativity in the face of inequalities, and all the major problems of the moment. It is good to take the time to look at reality differently.
