Le tecniche dell'assenza(1984)

Le tecniche dell'assenza is a videotape documenting Carmelo Bene's experimental approach to theatre performance. Produced by Ferruccio Marotti for Rome's University theatre students, the film captures Bene's "performative matrix"—a space between finished production and raw concept. Rather than a complete performance or theoretical lecture, it presents work-in-progress material exploring his radical adaptation of Macbeth. The tape serves as a rare glimpse into Bene's creative process, showing how he deconstructed Shakespeare's text through physical and vocal experimentation. Essential viewing for anyone interested in avant-garde theatre practice and Bene's influential methods of theatrical innovation.