I am (not) a Monster
«To act is to begin something new» said Hannah Arendt, one of the greatest thinkers of all time who coined the concept of the «banality of evil». «I am (not) a monster» investigates the act of thinking in the twenty-first century as well as fears associated with it. An original and unapologetic performance on political theorist Hannah Arendt (1906-1975), whose book «The Origins of Totalitarianism» (1951) and essays such as «Truth and Politics» (1967) are introduced as «urgently» relevant to our times - with a recent spike of interest in her work, now translated into dozens of languages.
Interviewing Hannah Arendt's former students and key philosophers and activists, «designer of experiences» and alternative educator Nelly Ben Hayoun takes Hannah Arendt on a world tour in 16 cities; an impossible pursuit through four continents - looking for the origins, mechanics and power dynamics behind knowledge. Trained by Noh theatre and Kabuki experts in Japan, with puppets in hand, Ben Hayoun is questioning the ownership and plurality of our thoughts, and the means by which freedom of learning and innovative educative federations can exist in contemporary times. She is hoping to return from her travels in Japan, Ethiopia, California, Arizona, New York State, United Kingdom, Italy, France and Germany with the source of knowledge in her suitcase so that she can share it with her students, down below, in the university she founded, the University of the Underground.
It features some of the most interesting minds of our times: political activist Noam Chomsky, Pussy Riot’s Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Hannah Arendt’s students: Arjun Appadurai, Leon Botstein and Richard Bernstein, nonsense artist Novbumichi Tosa of Maywa Denki, robot maker Hiroshi Ishiguro, Japanese Living National Treasures: Bunraku puppeteer – Kanjuro Kiritake II, kimono master – Takayuki Takahashi, Noh Theatre master – Hisa Uzawa, Lord Mayor of Sheffield Magid Magid, cyborg artist Neil Harbisson and many more – students, alternative schools and brilliant thinkers.
When?
September 19th, 2020, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
September 20th, 2020, 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Where?
Cinema Toni: 3.G02 (level 3)
Artist:
Nelly Ben Hayoun
Production:
Nelly Ben Hayoun Studios
Country:
UK
Year:
2019
Type:
Documentary
Duration:
1 hour 38 minutes
Website:
iamnotamonster.world
nellyben.com
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