conversations in ten questions 26 : Dávid Somló
In this interview we try to get to know Dávid Somló who is one of the international guests of the "From the world" section of the 2nd Bergama Theatre Festival in August 2021. Ayşe Draz & Mehmet Kerem Özel [The Turkish translation of this interview is published on unlimited ] What is the essence of performance in your opinion? People are paying attention together in a space. Do you believe in the transformative power of art? How? It is quite tricky. Most of the time I think it does very little transformation, rather just creating comfort and entertainment, but sometimes it can be very cathartic and inspirational. But I guess it also depends on the willingness of the individual to be transformed. The ‘how’ depends on the form of the art as well, but in performative genres for me it is working as a pointing finger, that says: you can do that, you can be like that as well, there is something over there, etc. How do you think that this pandemic which humanity is...