Good Good Very Good
Good Good Very Good (1996) by Baktruppen is a tribute to alcohol, the Sami people and the Chinese. Good Good Very Good is a performance by Baktruppen about local and global identities, and about how minority cultures are influenced by dominating cultures, sometimes to a point of absorption.
Information
(Objekt ID 10356)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | Navember 23, 1996 |
| Produced by | Baktruppen |
| Coproducers | , , MaisonDahlBonnema , BIT Teatergarasjen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Performance, Post-dramatic theatre, Theatre, Multidisciplinary, Ambient theatre, Dance |
| Running period | Navember 23, 1996 — Navember 5, 1998 |
| Website | Baktruppen |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
Good Good Very Good by Baktruppen sums up the idea of ambient theatre. The production took place in a room with a bar, where alcohol was set on fire and then served.
According to Baktruppen the title’s Good refers to: music for alcoholics, the warm up of theBAR for Mike Kelly and Extended organ, UKS/Oslo Rockfestival, Stratos, Oslo. Was developed the spring of 1997 to the CD Come on everybody.
The second Good refers to: 10 years in 4 days. theBAR writes stories about Baktruppen, BOK-96, Oslo.
Very refers to: antipodal dance about the Sami and the Chinese, Gallery Otto Plonk, Bergen.
The last Good refers to: The unpaid bills of Erik Balke are sold in the gallery Struts, Oslo.
Good Good Very Good was co-produced with TAT Frankfurt, STUC Leuven, L&Oamsterdam and BIT.
Good Good Very Good by Baktruppen was supported by EU Caleidoskope program and the Norwegian Ministry for Foreign Affairs/MFA.
Sources:
Baktruppen, 03.01.2011, http://www.baktruppen.org/
Knut Ove Arntzen and Camilla Eeg-Tverbakk, ed. (2009). Performance art by Baktruppen. First part. Oslo: The publishing house Kontur forlag
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Erik Balke | – Co-creator |
| Øyvind Berg | – Co-creator |
| Anna Sophia Bonnema | – Co-creator |
| Hans Petter Melø Dahl | – Co-creator (( L&O)) |
| Trine Falch | – Co-creator |
| Ingvild Holm | – Co-creator |
| Jørgen Knudsen | – Co-creator |
| Gurå Mathiesen Bjørre | – Co-creator |
| Bo Krister Wallström | – Co-creator |
| Worm Winther | – Co-creator |
| Navember 8, 1998 – Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow | Show |
| Navember 5, 1998 – Chapter Theatre, Chapter Arts Centre | Show |
| Navember 4, 1998 – Chapter Theatre, Chapter Arts Centre | Show |
| October 30, 1998 – Trondheim Kunstforening | Show |
| April 17, 1998 – Tromsø Kunstforening | Show |
| April 16, 1998 – M/S Midnatsol | Show |
| April 15, 1998 – M/S Midnatsol | Show |
| April 14, 1998 – Malmklang, Kirkenes | Show |
| April 10, 1998 – Karasjok Kulturhus | Show |
| April 9, 1998 – Bakteharji, Kautokeino. (Sâmi Kultur Festivála) | Show |
| April 7, 1998 – Porsanger Vertshus, Lakselv | Show |
| April 6, 1998 – Smutthullet | Show |
| February 21, 1998 – Kunstnernes Hus i Oslo (Fellessentralen Art Event) | Show |
| February 20, 1998 – Kunstnernes Hus i Oslo (Fellessentralen Art Event) | Show |
| February 19, 1998 – Kunstnernes Hus i Oslo (Fellessentralen Art Event) | Show |
| December 9, 1997 20:30 – Vlam | Show |
| December 8, 1997 20:30 – Vlam | Show |
| Navember 29, 1997 – Studio Zaal | Show |
| Navember 28, 1997 – Studio Zaal | Show |
| Navember 27, 1997 – Studio Zaal | Show |
| Navember 22, 1997 – BIT Teatergarasjen | Show |
| Navember 21, 1997 – BIT Teatergarasjen | Show |
| Navember 20, 1997 – BIT Teatergarasjen | Show |
| Navember 11, 1997 – Limelight, Belgia | Show |
| Navember 10, 1997 – Limelight, Belgia | Show |
| Navember 23, 1996 18:00 – Galleri Struts | Worldwide premiere |
| Sâmi Kultur Festivála | April 9, 1998 |
| Fellessentralen Art Event | February 19, 1998 |