Boris Nikitin is a theatre director, author and installation artist. His work focuses on reality and plays with the borders between performance art and theatre, illusions and fact, outlandish amateurism and virtuosity. Nikitin is the founder and artistic director of the festival «It’s The Real Thing – Basel Documentary Platform».
by Boris Nikitin
Boris Nikitin develops an autobiographically inspired performance about what it means to break social taboos, step into the public eye and make oneself visible, exposed and vulnerable. Vulnerability is portrayed, not as a lack of humanity, but as the ability to subvert.
Kaserne Basel • Basel, Switzerland
The biennial festival has been exploring and researching new trends and movements in the performing arts since 1995, aiming at unusual forms of expression and aesthetics, current topics and strong personalities. This year’s edition will feature Swiss artists Boris Nikitin, Jeremy Nedd and Mats Staub.
Gasteig • Munich, Germany
The Basel Documentary Platform presents its fourth edition. The biennial festival for documentary and propaganda arts shines a light on the diverse ways of the production and depiction of different realities. This year, the programme concentrates on the human body and its vulnerability.
Kaserne Basel • Basel, Switzerland
What impact do cultural exchange and international networks have? What roles do art and culture play in the process of social change? The Festival Crossroads by Pro Helvetia and DEZA offers a platform for discussion along with a conference and a cultural programme on these core questions.
Different Locations • Geneva, Basel, Switzerland
The Festival auawirleben comprises cutting-edge theatre which is immersed in social life and participates in the world of today. This year, included among others are Phil Hayes, Christophe Meierhans, She She Pop, Boris Nikitin, Cie Sündenbock and Theater Hora.
Dampfzentrale • Bern, Switzerland
After the festival dealt with the boundaries between reality and fraud in 2013 and theatre production by the public in 2015, this year it’s curtain up for the dark clown of documentary: satire. Satire remains the constant simulation of crisis and feverish documentary.
Kaserne Basel • Basel, Switzerland
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