Lecture performance in English
After being presented at Right About Now in Amsterdam, Fringify in Hamburg, and at KVS, Kaaitheater, and Monty in Belgium Retina Maneuver finally premieres at TATWERK | Performative Forschung in Berlin.
Retina Maneuver is a visceral multimedia solo performance that transforms the inner world of a young Taiwanese reservist—torn between looming war, fragile love, and the ghosts of violence—into a living monument that confronts us with searing questions: What is a nation worth? How long can sovereignty endure? And how does one survive in the shadow of relentless violence?
Why is a Taiwanese military reservist so fascinated by Alicia Keys’ chart-topping hit Girl on Fire – a gay anthem he has sung countless times in karaoke bars? As he launches into the song’s climax, he is struck by a disorienting realization: He can no longer place himself in the timeline of his own life when this transformative song was released on September 4, 2012.
A fanatical search through his digital archives unearths fragments of memory and confronts him with a past haunted by violence and destruction. In a live performance that assembles a visual monument entirely from memory, Wang wrestles with the fragility of memory – and the unsettling reality that everything he has preserved could go up in flames in an instant, consumed by forces beyond his control.
(in English)
Additional information
An artist talk with producer and researcher Karen Ka Wan Cheung will follow the show on Septemberth 12 at 9 pm in the frame of the Theaterscoutings Program.
Participating artists
Chang Kang-Hua (Regieassistenz)
Aurora Kellermann (Künstlerische Produktion)
Hsieh Meng-Jiin (Grafikdesign)
Raquel Rosildete (Lichtdesign)
Wan Shi (Dramaturgie)
Ping-Hsiang Wang (Künstlerische Kreation & Performance:)
Dates
September 2025
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