The School Of Consumption
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The piece stages a bilingual absurdist debate on the complex, forever intertwined relationship of state and capital, performed by "M’n’M"
– a character split into two. Built on the myths of Mercury (the God of Trade) and Midas (the King with the golden touch), the hybrid being in red fights over their own interdependency and their relation to economic bubbles.
In Collaboration
Heather Griffin and Evita Rigert
Performers
Mercury - Donna Volta Newmen
Midas - Aslı Dinç
Host - Heather Griffin
Thanks to
Perform Istanbul, Istanbul Biennial, Arter and all great minds of the University of the Underground
The School Of Consumption
The School of Consumption, 2018, Performance and Live-Radio Play, staged at ARTER Istanbul, produced in collaboration with the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial and Perform Istanbul.
The piece stages a bilingual absurdist debate on the complex, forever intertwined relationship of state and capital, performed by "M’n’M"
– a character split into two. Built on the myths of Mercury (the God of Trade) and Midas (the King with the golden touch), the hybrid being in red fights over their own interdependency and their relation to economic bubbles.
In Collaboration
Heather Griffin and Evita Rigert
Performers
Mercury - Donna Volta Newmen
Midas - Aslı Dinç
Host - Heather Griffin
Thanks to
Perform Istanbul, Istanbul Biennial, Arter and all great minds of the University of the Underground
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