We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination. ~ David Lynch

What lies beneath the word “authentic”?

Each of us believes we can recognize what is “authentic,” and each of us feels that—at least from time to time—we ourselves are authentic.

We often understand authenticity as “being oneself,” as living in alignment with one’s true self. But is that really the case? Is what we perceive as authentic, honest, or “real” not, perhaps, just a projection—an idea we have constructed?

Even artificial intelligence can exhibit traits we call authentic—qualities that, colloquially speaking, “feel real” because we believe in what it says.
But does belief truly equate to authenticity?

The performance is co-produced by the Wrocław Pantomime Theatre.