"SISYPHUS" THEATRE OF THE ABSURD

Inspired by Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, this project is dedicated to translating and visualising the absurdity of philosophical concepts in spatial expressions. Sisyphus is punished with the eternal repetition of pushing a boulder up a hill and watching it roll down; just as his endlessly meaningless repetition of acts, the absurd philosophical view holds that life and human actions have no cosmic significance. Therefore, the way to rebel against fate is to understand that the meaning of life is life itself and to live in the moment. Firstly, through the analysis and comparison of absurd literature and theatre works, I have extracted from them the elements that characterise absurdity: cyclical, repetitive actions, clichés; and then visualised these elements in space. Secondly, I want to show the partial details, the sense of the atmosphere, and the changes of the space through physical and digital models. I hope that in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris,France, where the theatre of the absurd originated, the staging of the story ofSisyphus will take the audience on a journey of self-discovery.