The Mole, the Serpent, the Virus

Lighting design

Premiered at Kallio Stage, Helsinki in October 2020

Set in a dystopic future in the year 2024, the installation-performance speculates about future scenarios and possible next stages of modern capitalism as accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak. Motions of repetition and looping run throughout the piece as overarching patterns, pointing to questions about the construction of historical narratives and inner mechanics of global economic and social crises. Unfolding in three chapters, The mole, the serpent, the virus speculates about imagined futures in attempt at navigating through present challenging times. .

Concept and direction: Jon Irigoyen

Performances by Gabriele Goria and Inari Virmakoski, 

Lighting design: Kristian Palmu 

Projection design: Joona Pettersson

Costume design: Suvi Hänninen

The project was part of Jon Irigoyen's artistic research at Aalto University Department of Art. 

Supported by Kone Foundation, and presented in partnership with Esitystaiteen Seura and Aalto University.

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