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Super Night Shot  
Photograph courtesy Gob Squad
gob squad

Performance, Site-specific, Humour

SIZE OF COMPANY
3–8 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small- to middle-scale

PERMANENT STAFF
Artists
Johanna Freiburg
Sean Patten
Berit Stumpf
Sarah Thom
Bastian Trost
Simon Will

Administrators
Eva Hartmann/Christina Runge

Producer
Ayla Suveren

ARTISTIC POLICY
Gob Squad is a collective of artists that has been working with performance, media and new technology since 1994. Always entertaining and often emotional and provocative, Gob Squad’s work looks at contemporary identity and the need for fantasy in making sense of everyday life. Often situating their projects in urban environments such as offices, houses, shops and hotels, the group also makes work for radio and internet as well as galleries and theatres.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'Audiences were crying with glee.' The Observer (Way Out West)

'Remarkably funny, hugely imaginative… engaging, enigmatic, hypnotic. Big Brother directed by Andy Warhol.' The Sunday Times (Room Service)

'In their war on anonymity, Gob Squad have won the battle.' Berliner Zeitung (Super Night Shot)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Room Service (Help Me Make It Through The Night) Four performers, one hotel. Each of them is alone with only a video camera and a phone to keep them company. The audience watch them spend a sleepless night via live video. (330 mins approx., 4 on stage, 8 on the road)

Super Night Shot Mission: war on anonymity. Choice of weapon: video camera. Combat zone: city streets. One video tape, no cuts, no edits. Result: a breathtaking Hollywood kiss with a stranger. (60 mins, 4 on stage, 5 on the road)

King Kong Club With a gorilla costume and a voice changer, Gob Squad gives you the opportunity to become totally anonymous. Participants are invited to step into the arena – a place of alternate realities. (120 mins, 5 on stage, 8 on the road)

Built with You in Mind A multi-media installation where passers-by help discover and model a new world. (5–6 hour installation piece, 2 on stage, 3 on the road)

FUTURE PRODUCTION
Test Audiences A new work for international touring. A live, interactive performance in which the audience are held hostage by a film.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2004–06 Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, (Room Service/Super Night Shot/King Kong Club/Built with You in Mind) Brazil (Portuguese version of Super Night Shot)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Super Night Shot, Room Service, Built with you in Mind and King Kong Club from autumn 2006.
Test Audiences from summer 2007.
Additional information available on request.