Solaris
An immersive performance exploring the depths of human consciousness and the mysteries of the cosmos.
ARTiSHOCK Theatre presents a new interpretation of Stanisław Lem’s classic science fiction novel Solaris.
Solaris is a distant planet covered by a mysterious ocean. On a space station orbiting the planet, psychologist Kris Kelvin finds himself suspended between reality and illusion. He encounters inexplicable phenomena and the ghosts of his past, embodied in living forms.
«This is not madness... there’s something here about conscience,» says one of the characters in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris.
The visual theatre of ARTiSHOCK ventures into the realm of science fiction, making the ocean of Solaris one of the play’s central characters and blurring the boundaries between the real and the imagined.
How do we cope with loss and guilt? Is it possible to truly understand something utterly alien to us?
Together with the inhabitants of the station, we seek answers to the essential questions: how can science fiction be reimagined on a modern stage? And what does it truly mean to be human?
«The space designed by Anton Bolkunov represents a new level of visual theatre. There are countless details - wires, screens, switches, mechanisms - layered within a small hall…»
- Orda.kz, November 2024
«ARTiSHOCK once again steps into unexplored territory - is it relevant to bring science fiction to the stage today, when life itself feels like it, and if so, how should it be done?...»
- Vecher.kz, November 2024
Cast:
Snaut - Evgeny Ignatov
Kris Kelvin - Dmitry Severin
Sartorius - Mark Kuklin
Hari - Alexandra Devaeva
About the Director:
Dmitry Sobolev is a director, theatre video artist, actor, and instructor of directing.
He graduated from the Moscow International Film School (2007) and the Faculty of Arts at Lomonosov Moscow State University (2011), specialising in Semiotics and General Theory of Art. He completed his master’s degree in directing at the Moscow Art Theatre School under Viktor Ryzhakov. Since 2012, he has worked with Theatre.doc as a technical specialist and later headed the video department at the Meyerhold Centre. He has created video and media design for productions by Ivan Vyrypaev, Yuri Muravitsky, Talgat Batalov, Viktor Ryzhakov, and the creative groups Iyul Ensemble and Brusnikin Workshop. His work spans theatres across Russia and Kazakhstan, as well as productions in Lithuania and Germany.
About the Author:
Stanisław Lem was a Polish philosopher, futurist, and science fiction writer. His works have been translated into more than 50 languages, with over 40 million copies sold. In his seminal philosophical work Summa Technologiae, Lem foresaw the emergence of virtual reality and artificial intelligence, developing ideas of human autoevolution, the creation of artificial worlds, and much more.
