TOTAL HARRYFAKTOR på PENTADOMEN i HAKADAL summer 2025 (dates TBC)

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Call for participation, ROUND 1, cutoff is snart: 23:59 CET on 01.12.2024, details below.

Promo sketch (monster truck rally commercial voice):

«Weirdos i skogen! Astral monster trucks! Motorsag meditasjon! Radical redneck spa! Intersectional mud wrestling! Institusjonell kritikk smackdown! Uironisk irony! Anti-fa la la la la! Grenseløs transmutasjon ekstravaganseeeaaaaa!

Jeg am your host, MacGyv’r (giver), alltid Gyv’n it gooood, here to save ya fra teknokapitalist traumaaaa! Whatever ya trenger (need), jeg LIV to GYV…»

MacGyv’r is Erin Sexton’s new drag persona and co-curator of Pentadomen, a project space in Nittedal just 30 mins from Oslo i skogen. The goal of TOTAL HARRYFAKTOR is to transmute shame and disassociation into empowerment and resilience via radical collective play and self-care… but having an awesome party together is totally gonna happen no matter what.

Consent, safety, and respect protocols will be established for: catwalk, dance-battles, mud «wrestling», «ugly» spa treatments, Lucha Libre-inspired performance, «Aufguss» sauna ritual parody, astral monster truck projection, psychic self-defence (against fascists and vampires mostly), expert-led somatic therapy, chainsaw sculpture, and guided meditation. We’ll also have several different zones to chill in / escape to. Art will be installed everywhere. There will be live music, DJs, custom spa robes, harry snacks, and silly cocktails. DET BLIR HELT EPISK! (It’s gonna be totally epic!)

MacGyv’r’s «yt savior» satire creates a stupid, fun, and cathartic new form of allyship that they believe has revolutionary potential. He often fails at his attempts to save others, as they really didn’t need or want his help in the first place. He’s cool with that and never oversteps a personal boundary once set, but always drops “truth” bombs on all forms of colonial oppression. He does his best with the simplest of means and loves to party with everyone in his «ALFA Livforsikring» grilldress (‘ALFA Life insurance’ tracksuit). (:The goal is for more participants to create their own persona / backstory / framework. All will be featured in an event / exhibition catalog… which will likely turn into a book. Performance is not necessary, you can just be in character and chill in the harry spa… or show an artwork, help out, etc. Some ideas to inspire or that others could embody: THE GATEKEEPER (for anyone who is tired of feeling unjustly excluded); THE WELFARE STATE (for someone who is experiencing a lot of BS from NAV feks.); FOOD ELITIST (for a vegan / health conscious person who is sick of being criticized at the pølse party);  I’M SHY F U (for an introvert), etc etc. Inside scoop: MacGyv’r is designed to help me cope with the constant pressure I put on myself to try to ‘save the world’ and everyone in it… not realistic or sustainable… but still important to ‘try’ strategically, when it is needed and counts for something. Also to deal with the social / economic pressure to always do more and more with less and less… being forced to always find cheap / improvised solutions… trying to make that a bit more fun and stupid. ;)

We warmly invite yous to consider developing a wrestling / drag / cosplay persona to join with. Think personal, political, generative, and radically absurd. Unjustified / problematic cultural appropriation is a no-go, but if you are exploring aspects of your own culture and experience, go hog-wild. Our group of collaborators is already super diverse and will become even more so. (: In case it was unclear… we specify: ‘white supremacy’ affects all to some extent, often directly oppressing, but also creating blind spots and warped perspectives.  Hopefully this will automatically happen on ‘the astral’ during this project, without much need for direct intervention… but it needs to be seen, understood, named, and properly dismantled. It persists by hiding in too many places, like a weak and nasty ‘demon’ that realllly needs to be banished already!!! This is a hot topic with a lot of trauma and emotions surrounding it. We will set up guidelines to prevent useless / not funny / counter-revolutionary drama. We also have several hyper-empaths a.k.a. psychics on board who might sense a problem before it occurs, and suggest a relaxing spa treatment instead of a mud battle. MacGyv’r will help referee / de-escalate if needed, he is good at that on all planes. Så JA, a little extra risk often turns out a much more awesome reward… so let’s get wild to maximize PARTYTIME and collective LIBERATION!!!  :)

For this 1st round, travel expenses beyond Oslo cannot likely be covered. We are still searching for a trained somatic therapist who is cool and open to this kind of wild happening situation, if you know someone based in Oslo or somewhat close, please let us know!

Så JA, if this sounds exciting to you:

Send your character idea and 2 page CV to:
pentadomen@gmail.com
Before 23:59 CET on December 1st 2024.
Norsk or English is cool:)

If any further access considerations are needed, just ask.
We are working to make the site / project accessible to all as best we can.
A zipline and pulley system is a goal, for those with mobility issues and also to use for fun… unsure if we will have it ready for round 1… but we will prioritize if needed and if we receive the necessary funding. Obviously we can’t do accessibility ‘by the book’, but instead are exploring cheap, creative alternatives. We will test all rigorously for safety!
MacGyv’r is very busy, so don’t take it personal if you don’t hear back right away:)
He also in on insta @macgyvr73 , along with @pentadomen + @erin.sexton + @theastralspa

FUK JA LET’S DO THIS!

 

Tusen takk: Norges Kulturdirektoratet + all collaborators <3!