Through a series of performative acts, ›subjoyride‹ invites viewers to engage in a corporeal dialogue with the poetic work of the German Dadaist Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven (1874–1927).

In their new stage production, Berlin-based choreographer and performer Boglárka Börcsök and filmmaker and artist Andreas Bolm continue their artistic exploration of the personal, emotional and historical, venturing into the grotesque and the marginal. Using voice, gesture, music and embodiment, the artistic duo delves into the Baroness’s complex personality and eccentric body of work, which spans poetry, performance, and sculpture – a scatological cosmos oscillating between the abject and the grotesque.

Playfully intertwining the Baroness’s visceral poetics with a forensic discourse, they speculate on the true authorship of the famous ready-made artwork Fountain – the inverted urinal attributed to Marcel Duchamp, yet increasingly associated with the Baroness.

›subjoyride‹ takes audiences on a performative journey, revealing the ways in which the hegemonic art canon and society perpetuates themselves – from canonization to canalization.

Artistic concept, dramaturgy, music, scenography Boglárka Börcsök & Andreas Bolm Performance Boglárka Börcsök Text Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Boglárka Börcsök & Andreas Bolm Lighting & technical direction Catalina Fernández Sound design Neda Sanai Costume design SADAK Production assistance Beatrice Zanesco Vocal coach, music advisor Vera Jónás Artistic advisor Susanne Sachsse Production & distribution Nicole Schuchardt, Rodrigo Zorzanelli 3D Print “Fountain” Daniel Valencia Ferrá / Digital Craft 

A production by: Boglárka Börcsök & Andreas Bolm. In co-production with: Black Box Theater (Oslo), PACT Zollverein (Essen), Sophiensaele (Berlin)

Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ, Koproduktionsförderung Tanz, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

With the kind support of: Tanzfabrik Berlin e. V. and Centre Français de Berlin, Kristina Konrad – Weltfilm. Thanks to: Dragana Bulut, Jule Flierl, Christiane Hommelsheim.

Poems of Baroness Elsa Freytag von Loringhoven referenced in the performance:
Coachrider (ca. 1924)
Mefk Maru Mustír Daas (1918) 
They won't let go fart (ca.1923-1925)
Graveyard surrounding nunnery (ca. 1921)
To whom it may concern (ca.1922)
Fix (ca. 1924-1925)

The title of the performance is borrowed from the poem Subjoyride (ca. 1920-1922).