The Rise of Glory

The Rise of Glory

Eine pädagogische App-Performance

100 years after the beginning of World War I, it's not difficult to be a pilot in WWI. All you need is a smartphone and €2.65 for the app game The Rise of Glory, one of countless variations that make world war into an interactive adventure. The German-French director Mikaël Serre explores the connection between computer game aesthetics and the real story of his family in this biographical lecture performance. The piece's material consists of documents from Serre's family history and an as yet unpublished typescript from Georges Wormser, a veteran who passed away in 1978. A smartphone flight through the short 20th Century ...

Premiere: May 6th, 2014

Directed by
Mikaël Serre

Team

Music

Dramaturgy

Cast

Sébastien Dupouey

Mikaël Serre