Soft Machine (NO)

Where: Høllin
Duration: 45 min.

The performance requires a festival pass.

Buy, buy, buy! Welcome to a wild and spectacular TV show, where the hosts cheerfully buy and consume. In just a few moments, everything will collapse, but we’re not thinking about that now. Just buy! Just consume! More things, new things, buy! It’s never too early to become a consumer—or perhaps to be consumed?

Soft Machine is a performance for children where three dancers use exaggeration and humor to explore consumption. Created by the artist collective Oslo Koreografiske, the show blends choreography of light, sound, scenography, and audience engagement to challenge, inspire, and spark conversations between children and adults—discussions that may continue long after the performance ends.

Soft Machine unveils a new perspective on our stock-market-driven, restless world. Even though many of us are concerned about climate and the environment, we still fill our homes with things we don’t need. Has consumerism and environmental consciousness become a glaring paradox?

Age: 3–12 years

The performance will be shown at:
29 March, 1 pm
30 March, 1 pm

The event is part of the children’s festival Frítt Flog – Rimmarland.

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Credits
Artistic Team: Fredrik Petrov, Ida Haugen, Anne Kathrine Fallmyr, Tale Hendnes, Evelina Dembacke, Colin Eccleston, Sara Enger Larsen
Performers: Fredrik Petrov, Ida Haugen, Alma Bø
Scenography: Colin Eccleston
Choreography and Direction: Anne Kathrine Fallmyr, Tale Hendnes
Lighting Design: Evelina Dembacke
Music: Fredrik Petrov
Sound Design: Nikolai Høgset
Photo: Tale Hendnes/Dansens Hus
Production: Oslo Koreografiske
Co-production: Dansens Hus with support from Sparebankstiftelsen DNB
Supported by: Kulturrådet, Spenn, Sentralen Ung, Konstnärsnämnden, Kloden, Oslo Kommune