This book focuseson Romeo Castellucci’s theatrical project, exploring the ethical and aestheticframework determined by his reflection on the nature of the image. But why doesa director whose fundamental artistic tool is the image deny this keyconceptual notion?Rooted in his conscious distancing from iconoclasm inthe 1980s, Castellucci frequently replaces this notion with the words ‘symbol’,‘form’ and ‘idea’.
Asthe first publication on the international market which presents Castellucci’swork from both historical and theoretical perspectives, this booksystematically confronts the director’s discourse with other concepts relatedto his artistic project. Capturing the evolution of his theatre from icon toiconoclasm, word to image and symbol to allegory, the book exploresexperimental notions of staging alongside an ‘emotional wave’, which serves asan animating principle of Castellucci’s revolutionary theatre.
