The video essay "Wilson's Island" by Andrzej Wirth and Thomas Martius is a voyage through the world of Robert Wilson and an attempt at interpreting his theatre. The subject of Wirth and Martius' video essay, "Wilson's Island," is the Watermill Center, built by Robert Wilson.
One would be mistaken to come to the conlusion that one is only looking at an apartment combined with a study and a place where workshops and rehearsals take place. This place is also not solely meant to be an area for keeping a collection of famous chairs, gathered over the years by Wilson. Watermill is meant above all to be a place that shapes its' inhabitants and reflects the ideals that make up the meaning of life for the author of this house. This is precisely what the video essay attempts to convey. To put it in a very high minded manner; it is supposed to express the philosophy of the artist. The idea for the video essay came about while Martius and Wirth were staying at the Watermill Center. The material is dedicated to the relationship between architecture, theatre and memory. The focus is the Watermill center, although the authors also take up the subject of Bayreuth (Wagner), Bauhaus (Gropius) and Hellerau (Palluca) - utopian places where art is synthesized. In Poland, Wi