The 2010 undergroundzero festival initiated a new program called common ground. Artists from the festival were invited to be interviewed in front of a live audience by festival host Saviana Stanescu and Artistic Director Paul Bargetto. Saviana began the festival with an incantation and then did live tarot readings of each of the festival artists. In 2012, common ground events will be broadcasted live on the internet.
Here is Saviana’s Incantation:
When Pigs Fly
– an incantation by Saviana Stanescu –
“Wenn Schweine fliegen könnten”
“Quando gli asini voleranno”
“Cuando las vacas vuelen”
“Cand or zbura porcii”
When pigs fly
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and play
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and talk
on commondground
and party
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“there must be something
special
about those pigs”
God of Experimental Theatre says
and decides
to spend his/her/its week
CREATING
no, not another world
but a new Tarot card:
The Flying Pig
a mutant
a combo
a mix
between The Magician – the one
who makes something
out of nothing,
The Fool – who acts without thinking,
The Star – direct connection to the Spirit,
The Hanged Man – a sacrifice is needed
The Hierophant – of course, The Artist!
The Lovers – girlfriends, boyfriends, sponsors
The Tower – revolution!
and The World – the welcoming Universe
have all put hands, brains and souls together
to give birth to the Flying Pig
The one who soars
The one who roars
The one who tickles
and touches
people’s hearts with a gaze
a gesture
a word
an idea
a PERFORMANCE
Bless the Flying Pig
and hitch your wagon to its wings
it promises to be
a MAGIC ride
and it’s not gonna happen again
until next year
when another pig will dream
it has wings
(and here we all know
that dreams are the stuff
we are made of)
so don’t be shy
FLY
even a pig
can do it!
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