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Aggressively Modern Times

Co-production

A gent­le punk gestu­re against the Rules of Art.


What if Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times were filmed today? Not in a fac­to­ry, but in the field of the arts? Together with Femke Gyselinck, Maya Mertens (Vieze Meisje), Jeroen Van der Ven and Lawrence Mcguire (Hogobogobogo), Ferre Marnef explo­res what capi­tal means within the fluid labor model of today’s freelancer.

The per­for­man­ce is a visu­al and sonic col­la­ge that drags the pre­sent onto the sta­ge: the city as machi­ne, the artist as brand. Caught bet­ween func­ti­o­ning and fai­ling, the team of Aggressively Modern Times sear­ches for ways to esca­pe the polis­hed logic of the cre­a­ti­ve industries.

A hybrid of con­cert and per­for­man­ce, and at the same time a gent­le punk gestu­re against the Rules of Art.


van & met Femke Gyselinck, Ferre Marnef, Lawrence McGuire, Maya Mertens & Jeroen Van der Ven I dra­ma­tur­gie Marie Peeters I pro­duc­tie Sergeant I copro­duc­tie Kunstenwerkplaats KWP I met dank aan Mooni van Tichel, a e i o u, CAMPO, KVS & Pilar