Leonardo Manera – Corto Circuito

Venue: Teatro Sociale. Address: Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 3. Organizer: ANTEPRIMA TEATRO ASSOCIAZIONE CULTURALE TEATRALE, Via Gramsci, 8, 17100 Savona SV, Italy The life of modern Western man seems hostage to continual opposing impulses: for example, if on the one hand healthy eating is praised, on the other we are surrounded by gratifying junk food that is just waiting to be greedily gobbled up; or else the philosophy of body positivity and acceptance of one’s own body is constantly celebrated, while artificial intelligence creates images of influencers with perfect curves and gossip newspapers praise the perfection of show girls, back in shape immediately after giving birth. Cars are made ever more high-performing, but at the same time increasingly strict speed limits are being considered. In couple life, then, is it more appreciated to be able to maintain a stable and continuous relationship for a long time, or to be able to have ever new partners and renew feelings and sexuality each time? It is our life, in which it is difficult to take a direction and it is often impossible to choose between the ethical and the aesthetic dimension. It is, in some way, the chaos of opposites. I