Potential States

If Kurdistan does not exist, do I? If Yugoslavia is dead, am I alive?

Three individuals, a writer, a director and an actress come together to work on a performance about Yugoslavia and Kurdistan.

As they try to collaborate on the project, it becomes evident that each of them follows their own agenda. Now, they are faced with the obstacles of navigating through their differences in their personalities, political opinions and their approache to theatre. Will the performers be able to work together, regardless of their different trajectories and interests?

Can you care about a fight that is not your own? Can you make your voice be heard while giving space to others? Can you connect to one another, regardless of the differences? Is connection even possible or is collaboration only a fiction?

The performance Potential States shows a transnational european performance in the making. By unfolding the variety of dynamics and circumstances that influence artwork, it reflects not only on states, borders and collective narratives but shows parallels between personal and geopolitical realities.