SØREN EVINSON

Through its runwayed distribution, Vanity Poverty Revenge configures dynamics of crowd insurrection in the streets. A stage of rage, impotence and total lack of hope that considers connections between dispersed cultural and political phenomena, from the hyper-medication of societies to the proliferation of homelessness and the dismantling of public space, to how these embodiments of Western misery find their most stylized expressions in haute couture.

Søren Evinson’s work lives in the intersections of performance, theatre and dance. By sliding through these categories, he generates new fantasies on what can be conceived as spectacular, understanding the spectacular in the context of consumer society and the idealisation of contemporary culture. He investigates through body, word, song and objects, and elaborates motifs made out of poses, gestures, vocalisations and language, by which he builds and thinks choreographically. He works on presence, gesture and action as form, word, speech and discourse as form, gaze, audience and entertainment as form, with the intention of attending to the exhibiting of the body to further construct narratives that through their sequentiality appear to be sensitive to the logos but that disrupt its logics within their own frames of expression.

“Evinson’s explosion onto the scene is one of the most powerful things we’ve seen in a long time. ‘A Nation is Born in Me’ is more like a train collision between performer and audience than an encounter. The piece contains a healthy dose of honesty on the part of the artist that is hard to find…. Evinson is not of this world. The fullness of the piece is linked to the nature of the theatrical act itself”. Oriol Puig Taulé. Núvol

Concept, direction and texts Søren Evinson / Collaborators performers Irene G. Ontiveros, Bastián Ponce and bea Fernández / Lights design Júlia Bauer and Adrià Juan / Original sound Triim / Technical coordination Adrià Juan / Costume Irene G. Ontiveros (@g.ontiveros_) / Vídeo Rodrigo Delamora and Søren Evinson / Production Elclimamola
Coproduction Mercat de les Flors / With the support Graner fàbrica de creació, L’Estruch centre de creació, La Briqueterie, La Poderosa, Can Gassol centre d’Arts Escèniques de Mataró / With the support Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya

Artist associated with the Mercat de les Flors in the 2024-25 season

The Banc Sabadell FBS Foundation collaborates with the program of associated and resident artists of the Mercat de les Flors.