\u2018One day, perhaps soon. One day, I shall pull up the anchor that keeps my ship away from the seas.’ Henri Michaux, *Le Clown*
\nIn the late 1970s, as Italy faced the gradual closure of its psychiatric hospitals, Raymond Depardon photographed several asylums across the peninsula, focusing in particular on the final moments of the San Clemente asylum. It was in this hospital, on a small island in the Venetian Lagoon, that he took photographs which convey, better than ten scholarly theses, the everyday horror of such places. The subject matter resonates deeply with the TJ1 team and its artistic director, Patrick Masset. The result is *Manicomio* : a performance exploring the issue of confinement in today’s world. It was created following encounters in places characterised by confinement, notably at Vivalia \u2013 the psychiatric hospital in Bertrix, the Val de Meuse care home in Givet (France), the F\u00e9dasil Centre in Poelkapelle (West Flanders) and the Athanor in Dave.
\nManicomio is a place where we observe those who do not quite fit within the norm, and where, despite everything, a form of collective presence is forged.
\nMuch like the company’s previous production \u2013 the marvellous *Reclaim*, which was a huge hit at Le Poche at the start of last season \u2013 the poetic and delicate treatment of the subject could spark something akin to empathy in the audience. It seems to us that one leaves feeling more tender-hearted\u2026
\nAs in *Reclaim*, each audience member will take from the performance whatever they wish to take, and not everyone will tell the same story : \u2018It is not about art, nor about pure technique. It is about life, and therefore about finding a language for life.’ Pina Bausch
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