Click here to view video Billed simply as Massive Attack v Adam Curtis, in the manner of an old school reggae or hip-hop sound system clash, the multimedia performance, which Curtis calls a "gilm" – a cross between a gig and a film – will elaborate on these arguments, both conceptually and in terms of the narrative arc of his latest film.
In a way the clash of performance styles matches the clash of egos among the play's raging solipsists.
At once trashy and sexy, punk provided excellent slumming opportunities, which this exhibition shows to good effect amid wide-screens flashing images of Sid Vicious, Johnny Rotten and the Clash in performance.
The performance trio Culture Clash has been traveling the country much of the last seven years, creating city-specific shows from interviews with local citizens.
But some members of the tribe sit rather than stand during the performance, and boos clash with appreciative, deep-throated calls of "chieeef".
The most dramatic moment in the performance was the clash between two groups of Buddhist manifestations of spiritual essences known as "gings and tsolings" that "symbolize the essential union of emptiness and compassion," according to the French program at the Cartoucherie.
The two organisations' high watermark came in April 1978 with a "carnival" in Victoria Park, east London, which filled up with tens of thousands of people who had marched seven miles from Trafalgar Square: watch YouTube footage of the performance by the Clash, and you get a sense of the righteous energy that was coursing around.
As is usually the case with Shakespeare in the Park, where the clashing styles of the performances suggest a fallen Tower of Babel, the emphasis is less on consistency of interpretation than on making the most of individual jokes and vignettes.
But the clash sparked a crisis in Turkey after the performance of the referee catapulted the game to international fame.
The performance traditions they inherited still merge and clash.
