Ariolfo/Varriale - WHO_MAN

Our society, the one we live in, is the new “barbaric society”, the one with no culture and no history.
Our thirst for knowledge gets satisfied in few seconds from one web page to web page, and in no time we are ready to move on, ready for another “search”. The human interaction becomes stark.
Bauman once talked about “liquid relationship” to explain how nowadays people vacillate between the need of stability and the fear of getting trapped in stable relationships. We live an exasperated individualism, in witch we constantly look for fulfilment and we are less and less able to stand any tension or frustration. There are no rules, principles or values. We live as much relationships as we can in the illusion that the next one will be more exciting and fulfilling. Chaos. People that live, survive and withstand unaware of each others, until one day, their path becomes a shared walk, a shortcut that can be walked together. But taking shortcut, even if walked together, makes the experience superficial, without leading us into a profound understanding.
Ikea’s furniture’s, Facebook, Messenger, Myspace are the discounts supermarkets of our relationships, the happy hour of our time and town.

Conceived, choreographed and performed by:
Eleonora Ariolfo and Fabrizio Varriale
Video and images by:
Giorgio Rinolfi