Waiting for Gavo
Waiting for Gavo by Gavin Turk (England) The English artist Gavin Turk has created a satirical puppet show about the absurdities of the art world based on Samuel Beckett's absurdist play Waiting for Godot, featuring the artists Joseph Beuys, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and a mercenary and "tasteless" art collector by the name of Scratchi.
Information
(Objekt ID 3261)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | February 16, 2008 |
| Based on | Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Puppetry, Theatre of the absurd |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
In Waiting for Gavo by Gavin Turk some artists gather to reflect over their existence and its problematic nature. Existential horror meets slapstick when the audience is presented for Joseph Beuys and Marcel Duchamp who make small talk about their respective psychological prisons under a tree in a desolate landscape, only disturbed by Andy Warhol and his dark, naïve wisdom, plus the representative for heartless capitalism, the art collector Scratchi.
Gavin Turk is one of the artists associated with the well-known label Young British Artists.
Source: BIT Teatergarasjen, spring program 2008. 01.07.2010: http://www.bit-teatergarasjen.no -arkiv
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Deborah Curtis | – Author |
| Ross Downes | – Author |
| Ross Downes | – Direction |
| Gavin Turk | – Direction |
| Toby Christian | – Lighting design |
| Tom Crawford | – Puppeteer |
| Ross Downes | – Puppeteer |
| Dan Halhead | – Puppeteer |
| Gavin Turk | – Puppeteer |
| Rohan Eason | – Musician |
| Alex Hutchins | – Musician |
| Jim Hollingworth | – Producer |
| February 17, 2008 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk | Show |
| February 16, 2008 – BIT Teatergarasjen, Norsk Dramatikk | National premiere, Norway |