The Ping Pong Hostage Operation
The Ping Pong Hostage Operation (2002) by Baktruppen: During the seminar "Capitals in conversation", led by Mårten Spångberg, at Gulbenkian Foundation Modern Art Centre in Lisbon, Baktruppen arranged an outdoors ping pong tournament being video transmitted to the auditorium where the seminar took place.
Information
(Objekt ID 3468)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | July 20, 2002 |
| Produced by | Baktruppen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Number of events | 1 |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Comedy, Live art, Performance, Installation, Theatre, Multimedia, Site spesific performance |
| Running period | July 18, 2002 — July 18, 2002 |
| Website | Baktruppen |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
During one of the lectures the white-clad Baktruppen Ping Pong Club went in to attack the moderator Spångberg, making him exit by force. Baktruppen bound him and gagged him. Then they sent the following message to the seminar participants:
DON'T PANIC. WE HAVE TAKEN YOUR MODERATOR. TO GET HIM BACK YOU HAVE TO BEAT BAKTRUPPEN IN PING PONG. PICK YOUR BEST PLAYER. NOW.
Source:
Baktruppen, www.baktruppen.org, 03.09.2010, http://www.baktruppen.org/div_htmls/soknad0608.html
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Trine Falch | – Co-creator |
| Ingvild Holm | – Co-creator |
| Jørgen Knudsen | – Co-creator |
| Per Henrik Svalastog | – Co-creator |
| Bo Krister Wallström | – Co-creator |
| Worm Winther | – Co-creator |
| Erik Balke | – Musician |
| July 20, 2002 – Gulbenkian Foundation Modern Art Centre, Portugal | Worldwide premiere |