ARROWS

ARROWS Towards the end of the Myth and Theatre Festival on

Eros and Psyche - I had to admit I was more

interested in arrows than in phalluses or penises,

and, much like Freud, who saw penises everywhere,

I see arrows everywhere, and especially in

choreographic theater laboratories. Directing a

laboratory is something like this: looking out for the

arrows, their directions, deducing guidelines. It’s a

matter of seeing the arrows fly, working out their

directions, pinpointing where they come from (actors,

texts, gestures, coincidences, music, etc.) and whom

or what they aim at.

In cosmogonies, Eros is often called Protogonos, the

first principle that puts the world in motion. Eros

brings order to Chaos, but when the order gets too

rigid, it is he who returns it to Chaos – the French call

it le bordel (the brothel!) It is often the case when one

of his arrows pierces our heart... These arrows are

Eros’ writing. This is the authority, the author I seek,

the writing that so interest me: Eros’ play-wrighting.

We will also discuss Peter Kingsley’s arrows, which

are musical ones, and his proposals on the origins of

Mongolian shamanism - and philosophy.

Lors du festival qui vient de s’achever, dédié à Eros

et Psyché, j’ai admis que j’étais plus intéressé par

les flèches que par les phallus et les pénis, et que,

un peu comme Freud, qui voyait des pénis partout,

moi je vois des flèches partout, et notamment dans

les laboratoires de théâtre chorégraphique. Diriger

un laboratoire performatif c’est aussi cela : flécher

des parcours, indiquer des directions, proposer des

directives. Il s’agit de voir les flèches voler, détecter

les directions, localiser d’où elles partent (acteurs,

textes, gestes, coïncidences, musiques, etc.) et

vers qui ou vers quoi elles pointent.

Dans les cosmogonies, Eros est souvent le

protogonos, le principe premier qui met le monde

en mouvement. Il met de l’ordre dans le Chaos,

mais, lorsque l’ordre se rigidifie, c’est lui qui,

comme on dit : « fout le bordel ». C’est souvent

ainsi lorsque l’une de ses flèches nous perce le

cœur… Ces flèches sont l’écriture d’Eros. C’est

cette autorité-là, cet auteur-là, et cette écriture-là,

qui m’intéressent tellement : la dramaturgie d’Eros.

Nous parlerons aussi des flèches de Peter

Kingsley, elles, musicales aussi, de ses

propositions sur les origines du chamanisme

mongol – et de la philosophie.

Arrows Peter Kinglsey : A Story Waiting to Pierce You:

Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World

“Kingsley tells the true story of where our

western culture really came from and of

where it is taking us now. A STORY

WAITING TO PIERCE YOU is an account

of our past and our future as human

beings.

It traces the ancient threads that connect

Mongolia, Tibet and Native Americans to

the very origins of western civilization

showing how these sacred ties have

shaped our lives today.

By the author of Reality and In the Dark

Places of Wisdom, is a work both of magic

and of the finest scholarship.”

Arrows Peter Kinglsey : Mongolia

Arrows Peter Kinglsey : Mongol Empire

Arrows Peter Kinglsey : Mongolia

Festival Mythe et Théâtre 2016

Eros et Psyché / Théâtre de la Sexualité Notes pour les dernières Conversations – 13 et 14 juillet 2016

Arrow Penis Phallus

Anima Platonic Love

Eros and Arrows

Platonic Love

Eros and Penis

Eros and Phalus

Psyche and Anima

Penis & Phallus

Hermès Ityphallique (Phallus = Penis in erection - Autonomous)

Herms = bornes / flèches

Alcibiades Scandal

Penis & Phallus

Priapus http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3130219/Mystery-Priapus-massive-

manhood-Archaeologists-claim-2-000-year-old-fresco-fertility-god-reveals-penis-

disorder.html

Baubo : a femenine parallel

Apotropaic

Rafael Lopez-Pedraza on Freud

Phallus

The Mysteries of Eleusis

Phallophoria processions and

hymns / Bacchanalia

Heraclitus (frag. 15)

The phallic processions and

hymns in honor of Dionysus

would be disgraceful

exhibitions were not

Dionysus and Hades the

same.

Winged phallus

Picasso’s phallophoria

Picasso’s phallophoriae