US performance star Narcissister’s latest work is centred around an installation as she brings an oversized chain reaction machine made of recycled everyday objects to the stage. Three masked performers are driving the action. A falling discus thrower (pin-up boy of Nazi propaganda), a marble run that goes up in flames and vaginal fireworks are elements of a choreographed game about cause and effect. In contrast to the inspirational film The Way Things Go (1987) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss, which covered up the male interference (i.e. editing) in such a game, Narcissister is foregrounding the female, partly nude performers as driving forces. Equipped with emblematic, doll-like Narcissister masks, they become projection spaces and provide an eerie commentary on entrenched beauty ideals and the objectification of women. Voyage Into Infinity is humour, critique and visual spectacle rolled into one: raw energy and punk spirit.

Direction, Performance Narcissister Additional Narcissister performers effie bowen, dorchel haqq Music Holland Andrews Live-Band Philipp Quehenberger, Christian Ingemann, Didi Kern Pyrotechnics artist Alex Podger Assosicate director Reginald Robeson Finishing direction Reginald Robeson Choreography, Movement direction Wanda Gala Technical director, Assistant lighting designer Robin Jossy Stage Manager Trang Leslie Huynh Lighting designer Michael Zumbrun Costume Design Narcissister, Karen Boyer Assistant technical direction, Assistant stage management Booth McGowan
A commission by Pioneer Works curated by Gabriel Florenz.
World premiere September 2024, Pioneer Works (New York)