Nella Bielski
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A Question of Geography
Book 1987
Books, Collaborations, Economy, Nella Bielski, Politics, Russia, Theater
A Question of Geography, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in 1987.
The play centres on Daria Petrovna Petrova, who, having been condemned to ten years in the Gulag, now lives in Magadan in permanent exile. Daria has formed a relationship with a doctor who is also a prisoner, but who is allowed out of the prison camp during the day on account of his profession.
When the play opens, Daria is …
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Goya’s last portrait
Book 1989
Art, Books, Collaborations, Nella Bielski, Spain, Theater
Goya’s last portrait, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in 1989.
At a time of chaos and upheaval, Francisco Goya made his living painting portraits of the royal family and aristocracy of Spain which were often devastating in their truth. He also painted a number of self-portraits. But he left another self-portrait – and a portrait of his times – in the form of drawings and etchings which …
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Isabelle: A Story in Shorts
Book 1998
Books, Collaborations, Colonialism, Feminism, Nella Bielski, Theater
Isabelle: A Story in Shorts, play by Nella Bielski and John Berger, first edition in 1998.
John Berger and Nella Bielski’s powerful story in shots brilliantly recreates the life of Isabelle Eberhardt, a young European woman who travelled throughout North Africa disguised as a man.
In 1897, Isabelle, aged twenty, left Geneva for Kenadsa, at the Moroccan frontier. Gripped by spiritual restlessness and a desire…
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JOHN BERGER
Storyteller, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, painter and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. Solo or in collaboration with Jean Mohr for example, he published more than 30 titles, the Booker Prize winning novel G and the best-seller Ways of Seeing. He has also published articles in the most important newspapers around the world.
He used to work and live in Quincy, a small French peasant community, the setting for his trilogy Into their Labours.
Painters, cineasts, writers, dancers, curators have been and are still inspired by his work, this website is a window on these TODAY creations.