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Entertainment Island 3
In the performance Entertainment Island 3, Oblivia pierces through the core of popular culture and entertainment to the murky sub regions of popular culture. Entertainment Island 3 deals with private aspects of entertainment, in the mode of perversions and cartoons. It will premier on November 18 in Kiasma Theatre in Helsinki, Finland part of the Baltic Circle festival. Performances: 19, 20, 25, 26, 27.11 and 4.12. The stunning and disturbing trilogy is working through from the shiny surfaces to the dark recesses of popular culture and the entertainment industry. The trilogy will be presented in the big Entertainment Island event 2-4.12 2010 in Kiasma and tour internationally 2011. Entertainment Island is the title given to Oblivias project 2008- 2010. Through means of a performance trilogy, film, photography, talk and text, Oblivia will scrutinize the manifold world of entertainment and popular culture. Entertainment Island in its entirety will be launched in 2010. Other activities include workshops and discussions. Kiasma theatre hosts the project. The first part Entertainment Island 1 has been succesfully performed in Denmark, Romania, Germany, Iceland and UK. Production: Oblivia, Kiasma Theatre. Support: PACT Zollverein, Essen.
Entertainment Island 2
Entertainment Island 2 is a hilarious take on life style where local culture meets global. The performance is the second part of the trilogy that forms Oblivias three year project Entertainment Island on popular culture and entertainment. Premier: 18.11 2009. About the process ”There we were feeling like strangers out in the countryside baffled and bemused. The open landscape held a hint of claustrophobia, the silence became deafening. Only the gas station showed signs of life. After too many failed attempts at recreating local activities we were at a loss. We returned to the drawing board, where we realised that the combination of slow paced townhall gatherings and soap opera style dramas revealed a sinister side of popular culture and entertainment, where vulgarity and violence prevailed. The constant bombardment of moving images juxtaposed with passivity of mind uncovered a new approach. We embodied the fuzzy quality of bad television. A series of commercial breaks, wild west, super heroes, shoot outs, feel good, seedy bars and corrupt affairs rushes past, leaving all but a trail of pulp”. Performed and devised by Timo Fredriksson, Anna Krzystek, Annika Tudeer. Lights by Meri Ekola, sound by Juuso Voltti. Co produced by Kiasma Theatre. Supported by: CCA- Glasgow, UK, PACT-Zollverein, Germany. Entertainment Island is the title given to Oblivias project 2008- 2010. Through means of a performance trilogy, film, photography, seminar and text, Oblivia will scrutinize the manifold world of entertainment and popular culture. Entertainment Island in its entirety will be launched in 2010. Other activities include workshops and discussions. Kiasma theatre hosts the project. The first part Entertainment Island 1 has been performed in Denmark, Romania, Germany, Iceland and UK.
Entertainment Island 1 Performed and devised by Timo Fredriksson, Anna Krzystek, Annika Tudeer. Lights by Heikki Paasonen/Liisa Kyrönseppä, sound by Juuso Voltti. Co produced by Kiasma Theatre. Supported by: CCA- Glasgow, UK.
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