How did the human kind come to a point where the answer to global warming and imminent threat of extinction seems to be even more cynical exploitation and a longing for security that has us revere a (fictitious) glorious past?
With the big experimental music theatre production Turn Turtle Turn, commissioned by the Münchener Biennale (Premiere June 5th 2024), Oblivia dived into a new cycle of works which center around the idea of the anthropocene. In 2025, Oblivia will produce the performance Turn Turtle Turn 2 for the Oblivia core team. In Turn Turtle Turn 2 – The Reality Bang, Oblivia will look at the emotional landscapes behind today’s precarious situation of climate change and political backlash by focusing on emotions that seem to accompany both phenomena – like the feeling of loss, nostalgia, and catastrophe euphoria.
While guiding the audience through the multifaceted and often baffling performative journey from mourning to hope, Oblivia will explore the possibilities of dissolving and re-interpreting the anthropocene worldview that is so decisively based on the human perspective only. In Turn Turtle Turn 2 – The Reality Bang, by means of Oblivia’s specific light and humorous blend of music, voice, movement, stage action, costume and light design, the long ago past meets the critical present and reaches out into the unknown future.
CREDITS
Performers
Timo Fredriksson
Anna-Maija Terävä
Annika Tudeer
Juha Valkeapää
Nagisa Shibata, percussions
Yiran Zhao, electronic live music
Oblivia team
Concept, Direction, Dramaturgy, Texts: Oblivia
Composer: Yiran Zhao
Light design, projections: Meri Ekola
Costume design: Tua Helve
Graphic design: RÖD/ Jenni Salminen
Communications: Essi Brunberg, Nassrah-Alexia Denif, Lisa Carolin Schubert
Production manager: Jenny Nordlund
Supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Svenska kulturfonden, Helsinki City, Konstsamfundet, Stiftelsen Tre Smeder
Residency: Musiktheatertage Wien
Premiere | June 20, 2025, Sommerszene Festival, Salzburg