team: Rachel Rouzaud, Johanna Meßner, Bernadetta Budzik
The ruins of Bramante's Nymphaeum have been turned into a park that features theatres dedicated to different types of performances. The park is based on five sequences that symbolize the five acts of a classical tragedy. The history of this site is inextricably linked to the question of water, as it once housed Roman baths and Bramante's pavilion was abandoned because of lack of accessible water. As we walk through the park, we follow the path of the water as it flows through several states. We follow the path of the water from its source, through its gushing out of the ground, to its channelling, to the waterfalls, and finally to the pont. Each of the installations in the park becomes the occasion for a small theatre scene. Each of the follies is associated with a different type of theatre stage: thrust, traverse, proscenium, arena. Thus, during the day, the park tells a story in the form of a play, and at night, it welcomes companies that come to play with the installations and use them as decors.
