The Franco-Austrian performance ensemble Superamas will be the central guest at the Vooruit festival 2008 with the three performances of their ‘BIG’ series. This will be the first time ever they perform the entire series back-to-back! Though all three performances are based on the same theme, they can also be watched separately.
Superamas criticises present-day superficiality and make fun of consumerism so typical of modern society. They do this by completely and utterly giving into it and by including clichés and kitsch in their performances. The thin plot of their shows usually just serves as a frame for the ingenious and refined.
BIG 1 – reality show / artificial intelligence (2002) juggles with the clichés of reality TV. How real is the reality that the cameras show us? Are the things that are presented as reality actually make believe? Superamas tackles these questions and more using artificial intelligence!
Superamas will be performing a unique triptych in which modern-day mentality is ruthlessly mocked.
This performance is in the 5 For Students March Top 5
- Tags
- artificial intelligence
- artificiële intelligentie
- kitsch
- maatschappijkritiek
- performance
- reality show
- social criticism
- theater
- theatre
- Artists
- Superamas
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De "gameboys" van Superamas brengen staalkaart in Brussel
by Elke Van Campenhout (De Standaard, 03 okt 2002)
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Persartikel: Een mix van ‘high’ en low’. Superamas met trilogie ‘BIG’ in Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Gent
by Julie Rodeyns (
ART, 19 feb 2008) -
Persartikel : Geniet met schaamte
by Danielle de Regt (De Standaard, 05 maa 2008)
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Persartikel: Denk groots, maak een trilogie (over Superamas)
by Pieter T'Jonck (De Morgen - Encore, 05 mrt 2008)
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Art versus mass culture (...) a [culture sociological] fragment on the work of Superamas
by Rudi Laermans (KULeuven)
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Je ziet niet wat je ziet
by Elke Van Campenhout (De Standaard, 11 okt 2002)
