An Essay about Nothing

An Essay about Nothing

An experimental disorder on the ultimate question of being

"NOTHING" is so important that it needs to be thought about. And Lukas Roth is thinking about it as part of his master's project at the Accademia Dimitri.

We humans would sometimes be better off doing nothing of what we're currently doing—that is, torturing our planet and our environment with the constant desire to do more. But what is this NOTHING? Between a forward and a backward movement, between an inhalation and an exhalation, there's this small moment of stillness: is there NOTHING?

Is NOTHING the opposite of EVERYTHING? What happens when there is nothing? And what happens when we die? What ceases to be?

In a series of experiments addressing these and other questions, Lukas Roth embarks on a free fall. A game of absurdity until it no longer makes sense. The paradox is evident, because in the end, nothing will have happened. Perhaps nothing fundamentally satisfying will emerge in this case.

Concept, idea, show, music: Lukas Roth

Live music and composition: Andrea Kirchhofer, Jeanne Larrouturou

External eye and dramaturgical collaboration: Camille Hafner and Moritz Praxmarer

Lighting design and technical support: Christoph Siegenthaler and Andrea Ferrari

Photographs: Andrin Winteler

Graphics: Camille Hafner

Production: Lukas Roth - kooprteatr Mönchaltorf

60 minutes

With the kind support of:

Dimitri Theater Academy | SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences of Italian Switzerland, Uster - Wohnstadt am Wasser | Förderpreis der Gemeinde Mönchaltorf