Montage: Denmark / DENMARK: Opening of the Process

The exhibition presents the conception of the staging of the play Denmark, a work in progress where the dramaturgy and the actors and designers set and define the DENMARK “universe”.

The work consisted in incorporating and delimiting the space gradually, from the construction of walls and floors to the incorporation of furniture, lighting, costumes and sound. The timing of this gradual work coincided with that of the staging. The record of the progress was included in the exhibition. From its inception this is an open-door work process.

Denmark (the play)
A mother and her son in a room. The action is triggered by the arrival of a letter addressed to the mother, a reminder of the story of Queen Gertrude and Hamlet. A territory of tension is generated, a kind of border between the public and the private, where the mother-son bond is established in a liminal space of salvation and condemnation. Denmark questions what is conceived as happiness and self-realization in a society described as a model, where the marginalized are those who, like the child, distrust the recipes for happiness and the patterns of successful behavior. It invites the audience to reflect on the phenomena of our world in a complex way and portrays intimacy in post-modern societies.

Lluïsa Cunillé’s work is a kind of documentary about the private universe of the western citizen. This work was in residence at the CCE for several months in 2019 and it was within this framework that the exhibition Staging: Denmark was held.

Dramaturge: Lluïsa Cunille

Cast: Gloria Demassi and Rafael Soliwoda

Scenography and costume design: Paula Villalba and Cecilia Bello

Lighting design: Juan Piazza

Original soundtrack and sound: Diego Porras

Graphic design: Camila Chichet

Photography: Francisco Ancheta

Audio visual effects: Juan Manuel Lema

Illustrations: Aldo Pérez

Production: Claudia Sánchez

Direction: Fernando Parodi