THE NOSE AS A BRIDGE (Linz)

A BRIDGE IN THE NOSE

It is known that in the world of clowns, the famous theatrical “fourth wall” does not exist. That thing, or limit, that divides the world of the stage -and its actors- from the world of the spectators. But what does it mean that there is no fourth wall? Does it mean that clowns and people in the audience are all mixed up? Or that every clown show invariably needs to be "interactive" in the strictest way of the word?

For me, that there is no "fourth wall" implies that there is a bridge. Or as many bridges as there are clowns and public. The bridges that clowns create between themselves and those who look at them are unique works. They can be solid and huge. They can be narrow and flimsy. They can be simple, pompous, comfortable, awkward, quirky, old-fashioned, fantastic. Through them the mos…