SWEDISH RHAPSODY (HAND IN HAND TOWARDS THE COLLAPSE)
Performance, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 10 October, 2023
The performance is based on a surreal doomsday scenario: Thunder and lightning crash on a burning ground where a soldier is searching for water. Shortly before dying of thirst, he realizes that the last resort must be to ask for forgiveness. Bursting into song and dance, he shouts „Lock me up, handcuff me! I’m the villain of global warming!“. Nothing happens. The only response is the echo of these pleas. The next day, the spy radio plays a light melody and reminds its listeners that terrible plans always come with surprising twists and turns.
A fantasy in the extreme, a dance and song play that moves between tragedy and comedy, lightness and heaviness, close to the man-made catastrophes of our time.
Credits
Concept and Music composition by Liina Magnea and Gabriel Pedrosa
Performers / Singers: Liina Magnea and Gabriel Pedrisa
Styling: Shade Théret
Supported By
A production by Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
Marie Oucherif 