GOON

computer on stand, phone in hand. images press against the retina. the longer the gaze insists, the more the goon state settles in. saliva glistens, eyes cross and the recognizable tremors of the gooner appear. goal: to reach the grail state, the goon state. to insist until perception blurs, to forget oneself, to twist the timeline, to stage oneself, to repeat, repeat, repeat. inside the goon cave, rock formations are made of multiple screens. pheromones and aphrodisiac candies are displayed in abundance. over the course of the performance, desire is injected intravenously until it reveals itself as a lure. in GOON, dance becomes the medium through which three performers pursue ecstatic forms of pleasure. they make promises about a release which may never arrive. they operate within a liminal space where authenticity and performance fold into one another.

by Pierre Piton

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