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International Festival of Contemporary Theatre \u201cHomo Novus\u201d invites 8 performing arts professionals based in Latvia to participate in the festival school \u201cWrong Families\u201d led by artist collective \u201cGob Squad\u201d (UK\/Germany)\u00a0 held in Riga, September 4 – 9, 2023 during the Festival.<\/p>\n
About the festival school ‘Wrong Families’<\/strong> About Gob Squad<\/strong> Participants<\/strong>
\nUsing core themes from their performance Western Society\u00a0 which they will perform as part of the \u201cHomo Novus\u201d festival,\u00a0 Gob Squad will run a 5-day workshop, approaching each day, sharing different strategies for co-creation, guiding participants through social tasks; walking, cooking, karaoke, rituals, slideshows and storytelling, all framed by the concept of ‘wrong families’ and notions of collectivity, to queer the images of the hetro-normative family and celebrate the families we choose.<\/p>\n
\nGob Squad is a group of UK and German artists who make performances and videos which search for beauty in the everyday, and look for words of wisdom from a passing stranger. It\u2019s an artists collective consisting of\u00a0 seven core members working collaboratively on the concept, direction and performance of their work. Other artists, performers and technicians are invited to collaborate on particular projects.
\nGob Squad tries to explore the point where theatre meets art, media and real life. As well as theatres and galleries, they place their work at the heart of urban life \u2013 in houses, shops, underground stations, car parks, hotels or directly on the street. Everyday life and magic, banality and utopia, reality and entertainment are all set on a collision course and the audience are often asked to step beyond their traditional role as passive spectators and bear witness to the results.
\nThe company was started in Nottingham in 1994 but are now more or less based in Berlin, although they regularly make and present work in the UK, organised through their Nottingham office. They have toured all the continents apart from Antarctica. Their\u00a0 work is regularly shown throughout Europe and they have visited Latvia several times before – for the first time in 2004 leading a workshop fo young Baltic artists in Aizpute,\u00a0 in 2006 their performance \u201cSuper Night Shot\u201d was part of \u201cHomo Alibi\u201d festival and in their performance\u00a0 \u201cThe Room Service\u201d was part of \u201cHomo Novus\u201d festival in 2007.
\nwww.gobsquad.com<\/a>
\nwww.homonovus.lv\/eng\/programme?s=WESen<\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe call is reserved for performing arts professionals\u00a0 in various fields of performing arts ( theatre, performance, scenography, choreography, dance, video, sound\u00a0 art etc.).
\nIt\u2019s important that participants are available to participate daily from September 4 – 9 (4.09. – all day, other days 13:00 – 19:00) and also available to visit performance \u201cWestern Society\u201d on August 31st or September 1 (complimentary tickets will be provided).
\nGood knowledge of English is required as all the festival school activities are in English.<\/p>\n