Petter Madegård: The Carnivalesque #38

This interview took us for a spin through a myriad of worlds – from the rambunctious and chaotic Commedia dell’Arte performances of Renaissance Italy through the clown-like persona of Donald Trump to UFO mythologies! All of it viewed through the lens of the carnivalesque.

Our guest Petter Madegård is a visual artist, a director of film and theatre and an actor. He is the inventor of the Commedia dell’Arte-inspired live animation theatre Cinema dell’Arte. Enjoy this interview filled with the uncontained power of spring.

Excerpts from Petter Madegård’s Cinema dell’Arte projects
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ellxxrj-SY0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPzTMayjRNY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAA_NXcAotU

REFERENCES
Commedia dell’arte
Jerzy Grotowski
Rabelais and His World by Mikhail Bakhtin
Monty Python
Mad Magazine
Rosetta Stone
Noh
Pantalone
The Merchant of Venice
Assassin’s Creed
Vecchio
Harlequin
Socker-Conny
Hopi
Motion Capture
Avatar (film)
The Lord of the Rings
Andy Serkis
Freedom of Information Act
J. Allen Hynek
John E. Mack
Grey alien
Starseeds
Vodun
David Icke
Reptilians
Elf
Neocortex