MAREN & I
A multimedia project made in
7 days
In Maren & I, the Italian Artist Giuseppe Bonifati describes
his love affair with Maren: "Maren is not exactly my type because I
usually like brunettes. Blond girls are new to me!" Giuseppe meets
Maren and falls in love with her. She doesn't talk much but love
doesn't need words. The story begins in a supermarket in Holstebro
and ever since their first meeting their affection for each other
is evident to all. But love, like art, is a research which is
forcedly solitary. So, what will happen to our protagonists? The
multimedia project develops over 10 chapters. Among the
many escapades of the two lovers, there are adventurous
journeys and saintly pilgrimages. The slender Maren will be
hand in hand with her Giuseppe, who leaves the safe Aarhus to
visit the revolutionaries in Caracas, Venezuela. When he is
back in Denmark together they will meet Little Mermaid
in Copenhagen, Maren's alter ego in the Castle of Kronenborg
and H.C. Andersen's ghost in Odense to give to Giuseppe
inspiration for a fairy tale. Later Maren flies to Rome to be
blessed by the Pope in Saint Peter's Square. And finally she
returns home to Holstebro, to her faithful devotees ready
to worship her again. The last suspense: what will happen to
Giuseppe - the Artist? The Italian sculptor Antonella Diana
created a Maren for Odin Teatret; she is hardly distinguishable
from the original statue by Alberto Giacometti - Woman on Cart in
bronze, informally named Maren and which is exhibited since 1966 in
the Old Town Hall Square in Holstebro.
The project has been realized as a road trip movie together
with the creative residencies at Godsbanen Open Stage - Aarhus in
co-production with Nordisk Teaterlaboratorium - Holstebro (DK) by
Giuseppe L. Bonifati & Stefano Di Buduo - Aesop Studio
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