Rising Ape

Description

Pumping, producing, optimizing, accelerating. And then from the beginning. Again. And again. Inspired especially by the absurd world of the Shadocks – creatures that spent their time pumping without really knowing why – Rising Ape humorously deals with one of our time's major obsessions: productivity. On stage, Idriss Roca juggles, runs, manipulates objects, and adapts to increasingly demanding mechanisms. Everything is created before the eyes of the audience in a series of elaborate devices, where speed becomes an independent performance. The faster the tempo, the more the show reveals the flip side of the coin: pressure, exhaustion, the constant compulsion to do more, faster, and better. Drawing also from the world of speedrunning – a practice in video gaming where the goal is to finish a game in record time – Rising Ape transforms the stage into an absurd competition venue. Between virtuoso circus art, social satire, and a frantic race against time, the show makes us laugh and simultaneously raises a highly relevant question: how far are we willing to go to stay productive? Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

Highlights

• Humorous engagement with productivity
• Virtuoso circus art and social satire
• Inspired by the absurd world of the Shadocks

General Information

Rising Ape is a captivating show that deals with the pressures of modern productivity. Idriss Roca juggles and performs on stage while addressing the challenges and madness of speed. The event takes place at Verein Kultur Wallis in Sitten, Switzerland.

Location

Rue du Vieux-Collège 9, 1950 Sitten, Switzerland

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