SFR Talk: Ghost in the Theater
Antonin Artaud, an avant-garde writer, artist and actor who lived and worked in France during the first half of the 20th century, had a tortured life—he was prescribed heroin for severe headaches and spent his entire adult life addicted, detoxing, and checking in and out of mental institutions. In 1937, a trip to Dublin and his subsequent 17-day deportation back to France destroyed what shreds of sanity Artaud had left, yet opened the doors to his most visionary art. Artist Terry Allen wrote, produced and performs Ghost Ship Rodez, a fictional interpretation of this turning point in Artaud’s life.
