Call Cuta

THE PLAY STARTS THE MOMENT YOUR CELL PHONE IS RINGING. YOU WALK THROUGH THE CITY, THE SHOW IS AT THE PHONE. A VOICE COMES CLOSER - WHO EVER IT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE THE TWO OF YOU ARE TRANSCONTINENTAL PARTNERS FOR THE NEXT 60 MINUTES. YOU HEAD OFF AS A SPECTATOR, BUT YOU MIGHT BECOME THE USER, THE AGENT, THE HERO OF YOUR PERSONAL SET. leia mais

Much like Siemens and other German companies who have rushed to India to take advantage of low labor costs, the artists 'outsourced' the "Call Cutta" project: They hired ten people in Calcutta, some of them fluent in German, set them up in a glitzy call center and trained them in a basic script detailing routes and landmarks in a neighborhood in Calcutta and in Berlin. leia mais

de Haug/Kaegi/Wetzel [ rimini-protokoll ] todo por celular. Um espetáculo em que moradores de Berlim conhecem a própria cidade pelo olhar de um estrangeiro [Indianos contratados]