Exit strategies
Premiere 08.09.2012
Avant Garden, Trondheim
Created and performed by Jørgen Knudsen, Kjartan Andersen, Susanne Irene Fjørtoft, Christina Brandt Jensen, Sunniva Skorve. Additional performer Karen Eide Bøen. Thank you to all our extra bedtime-story-readers and those who have joined our austerity-choir. Funded by Kulturkontakt Nord, FFUK, Norwegian Arts Council, the Audio and Visual fund and the Municipality of Bergen.
A schizophrenic dance of finance to asymmetrical rhythms, from ecstatic euphoria to bottomless desperation. Followers of the Plutonomy point their fingers to the rich and gamble on luxury goods to keep the wheels turning in a failing machine. Some parts obviously need some grease. Happy Gorilla will take business seriously and start from the bottom - because you have to start somewhere.
Large companies (and military strategists) always have a strategy for retreat. But what about the rest of us who in our lack of gods have faith in profits and progress? The trust in the future is swaying to the tactless dance of finance and the doubts grow larger and larger. But still, Happy Gorilla reopens an empty, closed down shop with their new business plan in their attempt to overcome doubt and step into euphoria.
Daytime: Happy Gorilla Power Nap Shop is a business concept selling sleep and sleep experiences for anyone who needs a quick nap in the middle of the day. The concept is based on the importance of efficient rest from our every day stressful surroundings - 15 minutes on the pillow makes wonders!
Evening: The performance Exit Strategies.
Avant Garden, Trondheim
Created and performed by Jørgen Knudsen, Kjartan Andersen, Susanne Irene Fjørtoft, Christina Brandt Jensen, Sunniva Skorve. Additional performer Karen Eide Bøen. Thank you to all our extra bedtime-story-readers and those who have joined our austerity-choir. Funded by Kulturkontakt Nord, FFUK, Norwegian Arts Council, the Audio and Visual fund and the Municipality of Bergen.
A schizophrenic dance of finance to asymmetrical rhythms, from ecstatic euphoria to bottomless desperation. Followers of the Plutonomy point their fingers to the rich and gamble on luxury goods to keep the wheels turning in a failing machine. Some parts obviously need some grease. Happy Gorilla will take business seriously and start from the bottom - because you have to start somewhere.
Large companies (and military strategists) always have a strategy for retreat. But what about the rest of us who in our lack of gods have faith in profits and progress? The trust in the future is swaying to the tactless dance of finance and the doubts grow larger and larger. But still, Happy Gorilla reopens an empty, closed down shop with their new business plan in their attempt to overcome doubt and step into euphoria.
Daytime: Happy Gorilla Power Nap Shop is a business concept selling sleep and sleep experiences for anyone who needs a quick nap in the middle of the day. The concept is based on the importance of efficient rest from our every day stressful surroundings - 15 minutes on the pillow makes wonders!
Evening: The performance Exit Strategies.