Roger Bernat /FFF

In 1979, following two and a half years of strikes, protests and self-governance, the workers at the Numax electrical appliance factory decided to make a film with Joaquim Jordà. Numax collected and listened to the debates from their meetings. RE–presentation: Numax proposes to re-enact them.

Re-presentation is a theatrical device used to reconstruct situations. Wikipedia states: “Re-enactment is a method of approaching history that comprises the re-creation of certain aspects of an event, a historical period, or a unique way of life based on original documents. Re-enactment is not new. In the Middle Ages, tournaments were often given Roman themes. The Romans themselves re-enacted famous land or naval battles in the Coliseum. ‘Living history’ is an attempt to bring historic events to life for the public or participants to enjoy.”

RE-presentation was proposed in the context of the Pré-fab/Prefab nights, and designed to follow on from the La Soupe américaine/The American Soup exhibition by Jordi Colomer in FRAC Base Normandie, Caen (France).

Helena Febrés, management/production • febres@rogerbernat.info
www.rogerbernat.info
Production: Elèctrica Produccions 
Co-producers: FRAC Basse Normandie (Caen) • Temporada Alta (Girona).

Author: Roger Bernat
Programmer: Matteo Sisti Sette
Coordinator: Helena Febres. 
Acknowledgements: Jordi Colomer, Carolina Olivares, Txalo Toloza, Noe Laviana and Pablo González Morandi. * Show for the francophone audience, scheduled as part of the Hybrides Festival