Berlin Theater Festival Director Calls for Radical Renewal
Torsten Mass, artistic director of the Berlin Theater Festival, has published a manifesto arguing that institutions created by previous generations no longer serve today's youth. He advocates for contradiction, transgression, spontaneity, and impulse while condemning orthodoxy, norms, and dominant opinion. The text appears in the January 1999 issue of artpress magazine.
Key facts
- Torsten Mass is artistic director of the Berlin Theater Festival
- Mass published a manifesto in artpress magazine
- The manifesto defines 'young theater'
- Mass argues that existing institutions are outdated for the current generation
- He promotes contradiction, transgression, spontaneity, and impulse
- He condemns orthodoxy, norm, and dominant opinion
- The article was published in January 1999
- The publication is in French
Entities
Artists
- Torsten Mass
Institutions
- Festival de théâtre de Berlin
- artpress
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
Sources
- artpress —