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ENTERTAINMENT ISLAND 1 - work in progress Fri 9th May 5 pm Puoli-Q / Q-teatteri TICKETS: 3€ DURATION: 1 h, no intermission Performed in English 
DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY: Oblivia CAST: Timo Fredriksson, Anna Krzystek (UK), Annika Tudeer |
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We spent weeks doing funny walks and telling bad jokes while pulling out false limbs and making funny faces. The pretend stuttering was the final straw. We were stuck and not the least funny. We had to face what we knew from the start: we are not entertainers. We do not deal in entertainment. We deal in structures. We changed track. We proceeded jumping up and down shouting Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Encouraging each other towards greater feats, saluting imaginary victories without showing the contest. We had arrived at the core of the hegemony of popular culture. This was in January. The conclusions that we draw and the form we create during the rehearsal period leading up to this work in progress might be quite different, but it will be part of unrevealing structures underlying popular culture and entertainment. And it will be entertaining - in the broadest sense of the word.
Entertainment Island 1 is Oblivia’s project on popular culture and entertainment spanning over three years. Using different formats - performance, film, photography and text Oblivia enter the many fold world of entertainment and popular culture. The premier of the performance will be in October 2008. Founded in 2000 in Helsinki, the international performance company Oblivia is a unique force on the Finnish performance scene. Oblivias collectively devised, interdisciplinary and minimalist performances merge the boundaries of art forms and nationalities. The background of Oblivias members from Finland, Iceland and UK are in performance art, music, dance and theory. This mixture of backgrounds and nationalities creates a vibrant and special tension and humour in the work. From the beginning the core members have been working together creating a common performance language. Guest collaborators are invited to partake in individual projects. Oblivia is part of the Produforum network based at Korjaamo in Helsinki. A SHORT DISCUSSION WILL BE HELD AFTER THE PERFORMANCE CONTACT INFORMATION SUPPORTED BY Kiasma Theatre |
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