SEVEN KILOMETRES NORTH EAST
Image: Photo: Heidrun Lohr
Do the realities of today always reflect the truth of the past?
Kym Vercoe explores the ideas of conflicting interpretations of history and genocide denial through her deeply moving production, Seven Kilometres North East.
Based on her personal travels to Bosnia, Vercoe investigates the war-torn past of the tragic country, and how true history has been buried in denial.
“The story explores my return to Bosnia and my desire to acknowledge the forgotten victims of the war, and my efforts to understand the complexities of creating a shared history,” says Vercoe.
The production uses visually and aurally immersive staging, lighting, music and video to aesthetically express the difficult journey of discovering the truth.
“As a result, the work is a constant juxtaposition of the beauty and the horror. Also, how we can see places of beauty in a different light when we come to fully understand the history there,” says Vercoe.
Whilst it is a dark story, Seven Kilometres North East is also a very human one that all audiences will be able to relate to.
“I always feel like this performance is a conversation in my lounge-room; a dialogue I am having with my audience. An audience that laughs and cries on the journey with me.” (SO)
Mar 8-22, Seymour Centre, City Rd & Cleveland St, $25-33+bf, seymourcentre.com
BY SHAUNA O’CARROLL
