STREET ARTISTS IN EUROPE - Fondazione Fitzcarraldo

Street Artists in Europe
Another example is a series of actions in the public spaces, which was undertaken by the
Akademia Ruchu Performance Group within a two-year project “The Raft”. The goal of this
project was to activate young people from socially endangered backgrounds (e.g. from
unemployed families) in the regions of Warmia and Mazury. In effect, there were 8 street
actions created, which focused on a dialogue with the urban spaces, in which they took place.
Although the ‘social impact of street theatre’ is not an easy factor to be measured, or, as Pawel
Szkotak put it, it is ‘a matter of faith’, it is still located within the scope of interest of authors
and organizers. Its thorough examination would demand many years of research. However,
there are no doubts that it is actually the social aspect of theatre’s influence that becomes the
projected part of this motivation pushing them into the work in such theatre. It is also significant
that many respondents emphasize the fact that the street theatre is often the only form of theatre,
which inhabitants of small towns may have any contact with. In this respect, it is indeed the
most democratic among all kinds of theatre.
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