the edge
to fin trying
Waiting for … Godot ? is a series of performances carried out usually in quiet , desolate spaces . In each performance I write in a sketchbook everything I can remember from Samuel Beckett ’ s famous modernist play . The audience , if they get close to me , can experience parts of the play by reading as I write . They are forced to wait while I try to remember and they can ’ t never be sure that what I write is correct .
The performances are meant as an act of remembrance for all those who wait , but specially for all those who wait in situations of extreme uncertainty and invisibility . During this performances I feel strong connection to the characters of the play who I see as different aspects of the one same individual and trough these characters I experience a deep empathy for those who experience ‘ chronic waiting ’.
I see the paper with whisper … the paper that I made of the f
I have a notion of w for it to slowly gat
I wonder , why do Didi and Gogo , the two main characters , stay in the same place waiting endlessly for someone that may never arrive ? Can ’ t they go and looking for better fortune somewhere else ? can ' t they go wandering elsewhere and maybe they will find help and shelter ?
Are they mentally unable to see that there may be other options ? Are they depressed ? are they fearful ? Maybe there isn ' t anywhere else to go ? Maybe waiting for someone , Godot perhaps , to rescue them is the only option ?
The waiting of not k The waiting of fear . The waiting of borde