Le problème lapin - cartographie 7 - Compagnie Vertical Détour Frédéric Ferrer

The Rabbit Problem – Map 7

Compagnie Vertical Détour – Frédéric Ferrer

For this seventh map in the Atlas of the Anthropocene, Frédéric Ferrer tackles the rabbit problem – because it’s a matter of urgency!

Rabbits challenge Homo sapiens and their world to the point of absurdity. They destroy crops, gnaw through cables, pipes and cabbages on the Kerguelen Islands, and invade airports and roundabouts… They are an invasive species that is turning fields into wastelands and disrupting ecosystems. And we must act fast, because rabbits have an incredible reproductive capacity and, with the sixth mass extinction, their predators are becoming scarce. Even Homo sapiens no longer want them on their plates now that the rabbit has managed to pass itself off as a pet. In short, we must get rid of them!

But does this narrative really stand up to scrutiny? Through a PowerPoint-based presentation, and in 30 meandering questions and answers, two speakers invite you to gain a better understanding of the teeming reality of the rabbit world.

By Frédéric Ferrer, with the collaboration of Hélène Schwartz to investigate and explore the world of rabbits; featuring Frédéric Ferrer and Hélène Schwartz; stage management and set construction by Paco Galan; props and set design by Margaux Folléa; costumes by Anne Buguet; masks by Sébastien Baille and Einat Landais