goon cave

Wednesday Sep 30 at 19.00, Kulturhuset Hartwig

Inside the goon cave, pleasure is encountered as both promise and lure, a space where authenticity and performance fold into one another. Drawing from autobiographical material, the work enters the world of gooning: a hypnotic state of prolonged edging where time stretches as the sense of self dissolves.

Computer on stand, phone in hand. Images press against the retina. The longer the gaze insists, the more the goon state settles in. Saliva glistens, eyes cross, and the recognizable tremors of the gooner appear. Goal: to reach the grail state, the goon state. To insist until perception blurs, to forget oneself, to twist the timeline, to stage oneself, to repeat, repeat, repeat.

-Duration: 50min
-Credits:  Choreography and performance: Pierre Piton
Production & distribution: Maxine Devaud / oh la la – performing arts production
Light design: TBC
Dramaturgy: Ofelia Jarl Ortega & Lucia Gugerli
Pictures: Nadja Voorham