Three individuals, a writer, a director and an actor come together to work on a performance about Yugoslavia and Kurdistan.
As they try to collaborate on the project, it becomes evident that each of them follows their own agenda. Now they are faced with the obstacles of navigating their differences of personalities, political opinions and their approaches to theatre. Will the performers be able to work together, regardless of their different trajectories and interests?
The performance Potential States shows transnational European performance work in the making. By unfolding the variety of dynamics and circumstances that influence artwork, it reflects not only on states, borders and collective narratives but shows parallels between personal and geopolitical realities.
