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.

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(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

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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

Contributors (12)
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
Performance dates
February 17, 2008BIT Teatergarasjen Show
February 16, 2008BIT Teatergarasjen National premiere, Norway