RAMBÓ (2018)
I.
What’s Mt. Merapi gotta do with bursting fists thumping in a testosterone soaked, semi-wild Friday night? This co-curated research-series sets out to question (and answer!) our notions of machismo through action and participation.
II.
Long
abandoned monuments of power-driven megalomania, forgotten, rusty battle-barges
rotting moored and stranded all over the world. Rambó commemorates certain
behaviours whilst it exhausts and dismantles whitemalehetero macho
commonplaces. We invite the famed figure of the Action Movie Hero from the 80s
to filter and reflect on today’s decaying yet present male mannerisms.
III.
Rambó -
an action-packed socio-research, examines social exchanges through doing,
whilst inviting participants to re-consider themselves as sensuous objects. The
series of these performative deeds are to give space and perspective to the
reassessment of our cultural references and social selves.
IV.
Rambó
does not propagate mindless enduring, it’s aim is not to part from sentiment. Instead,
we invite participants to expand on their range of physical and social stimuli,
striving for a wider spectrum. We are to inflate and defuse toxic masculinity
for the sake of empowerment of the self.
V.
What
does it mean to be truly sensitive? Come and let Rambó find you.
guidance – László Hudi
tech support – Kata Dézsi
partners – Workshop Foundation HU, National Cultural Fund of Hungary, Divadlo na Cucky CZ, Sín Arts Center HU, National Dance Theatre HU, Artus Stúdió Budapest, Szőnyi Tábor Nagymaros HU