01. The Sun is just another Star
Performance, 2022
‘The Sun is Just Another Star’ is a performance piece by Emma Alvin that seeks to understand the theatrics in online renderings of the cute, humorous, and nonsensical. Taking these subjects offline reveals that contemporary aesthetic movements such as the ‘Sad Girl’ or ‘Cute but Psycho’ cosplay on apps like TikTok and Tumblr are merely modernized conceptions of traditional theatre play like the romantic clown mime and puppeteering. To explore these dynamics, several acts were staged and performed live, combining poetry, absurd costuming (a two-meter-tall tulle dog), and drama.
The work bears the imprint of Dadaism - playing with sense making contra complete nonsense, within the framework of online freebleeding and cringe culture.
Performance, 2022
‘The Sun is Just Another Star’ is a performance piece by Emma Alvin that seeks to understand the theatrics in online renderings of the cute, humorous, and nonsensical. Taking these subjects offline reveals that contemporary aesthetic movements such as the ‘Sad Girl’ or ‘Cute but Psycho’ cosplay on apps like TikTok and Tumblr are merely modernized conceptions of traditional theatre play like the romantic clown mime and puppeteering. To explore these dynamics, several acts were staged and performed live, combining poetry, absurd costuming (a two-meter-tall tulle dog), and drama.
The work bears the imprint of Dadaism - playing with sense making contra complete nonsense, within the framework of online freebleeding and cringe culture.
Photography: Harry Freegard and Iris Luz
Poetry: Hedda Röök and Nina Kihlborg
Graphic Design: Coumba Samba
Poetry: Hedda Röök and Nina Kihlborg
Graphic Design: Coumba Samba