MARKET IN PLAÇA M. XIRGU
– Hello Emma, what are you doing in Poble Sec?
– I just got back from a very curious square nearby. When I went there in the mornings to walk my dog there was practically no one but this evening …
– What place are you talking about?
– Plaça Margarida Xirgu, surrounded by the Theater Institute, Mercat de les Flors and Teatre Lliure, you know? Just today they were doing a theater market and there were a lot of people from very different places and ages, some of them students promoting their initiatives. Some have ended up starting a theater company, others have started making the Hamlet by heart as they moved through the high places dressed in large dresses they had found there … There was like an order in the chaos as everyone moved freely through the space.
– Order in the chaos? How is that possible?
– There were all tetrahedras placed in different ways so that they created certain spaces with different lighting and function. There are many combinations to do with this form, some used them as a porch, others as a stall, others simply delimited a space or made a shadow … And people thanks to these simple figures were organized in a certain way. But well you have to see this to understand the feeling I had.
– Sure, we can go together tomorrow, can’t we? So we have a good time playing spaces and characters.
– Good idea! We’ll be there tomorrow around 10:00.