Sander Loonen designs the lights and set for the world premiere of "Au Bord" at the Romaeuropa Festival

“How do these visual documents relate to us? How do they settle within our subconscious? How can the visual documentation of torture generate images of desire, a mother’s womb, or the cruelty of a beloved woman?”

Director Valentino Villa and actress Monica Piseddu (who has been awarded the Ubu Award multiple times) tackle the complex subject in “Au Bord” by the playwright and writer (Grand Prix for dramatic literature in 2011 and 2019) who builds a textual investigation into the shocking force of the documents and images published by the Washington Post in 2004 of torture and abuse inflicted on Iraqi prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison, and on the way which they impact our inner being, the darkest part of our personal history.

Lighting and set design by Sander Loonen

World premiere at the Romaeuropa Festival from 18 to 20 October, with more performances in November in Florence

For more info: https://romaeuropa.net/festival-2022/au-bord/