Hilarious Imperialists: Baktruppen’s Bad Family Photos from the World Tour
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Hilarious Imperialists : Baktruppen’s Bad Family Photos from the World Tour. / Schmidt, Cecilie Ullerup.
A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975. ed. / Tania Ørum; Laura Luise Schultz; Camilla Skovbjerg Paldam; Benedikt Hjartarson. Vol. 3 1. ed. Brill, 2022. p. 293-303 4.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Hilarious Imperialists
T2 - Baktruppen’s Bad Family Photos from the World Tour
AU - Schmidt, Cecilie Ullerup
PY - 2022/8/18
Y1 - 2022/8/18
N2 - Baktruppen (The Rear Guard) has been canonised as a performance art collective thatinsists on dismantling theatrical conventions and expectations. In theatre and performance studies, Baktruppen’s anti-attitude towards notions of artistic quality, theatrical conventions and “doing good” has been particularly highlighted. This articleproposes a reading across the archive of their oeuvre and finds an ongoing politicalattempt to oppose nationalism and imperialism in Norway in the context of the selfconfident Nordic welfare state in decay. Baktruppen’s explicit political critique of the self-satisfied development programmes launched by the Nordic countries has, however, been overshadowed by the reception given to their formalist experimentation.
AB - Baktruppen (The Rear Guard) has been canonised as a performance art collective thatinsists on dismantling theatrical conventions and expectations. In theatre and performance studies, Baktruppen’s anti-attitude towards notions of artistic quality, theatrical conventions and “doing good” has been particularly highlighted. This articleproposes a reading across the archive of their oeuvre and finds an ongoing politicalattempt to oppose nationalism and imperialism in Norway in the context of the selfconfident Nordic welfare state in decay. Baktruppen’s explicit political critique of the self-satisfied development programmes launched by the Nordic countries has, however, been overshadowed by the reception given to their formalist experimentation.
UR - https://soeg.kb.dk/permalink/45KBDK_KGL/1pioq0f/alma99124174839505763
U2 - 10.1163/9789004515956_021
DO - 10.1163/9789004515956_021
M3 - Book chapter
VL - 3
SP - 293
EP - 303
BT - A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries Since 1975
A2 - Ørum, Tania
A2 - Schultz, Laura Luise
A2 - Paldam, Camilla Skovbjerg
A2 - Hjartarson, Benedikt
PB - Brill
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