Flugubúllan (The Fly Hub) is a new performance project where different embodiments of crisis explore mutation and geological lament. The spark for the research comes from texts by Franco Bifo Berardi on Phenomenology of the End that deals with the techno-cultural mutation of our nervous system.
The research is a fantasy where the mind turns from immense pressure into steel in order to co-exist with the infosphere that is growing progressively thicker. Thereby the project follows a simulation of the mind as steel through different characters, Markús the Marketing Man, the Fly, and the Earth. The project explores tensions between hyper-control, collapse, and survival within systems of control and overstimulation.
Marta and Sóley are a creative duo from Iceland who both graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts, Sóley with a BA in Contemporary Dance Practices and Marta with a BA in Performance making. They are both active in the grassroot performance art scene in Reykjavík and are part of newly established Tóma Rýmið collective.
Sóley has been actively performing for other artists, creating her own works, and choreographing for ensembles. She creates work both individually and under the name of BunnyVerse Company, focusing on performances for children. Marta is a dancer, performance maker and curator, as well as a member of the post-punk band GRÓA. Last year she established a performance festival called Komum út í mínus as well as working with the production team for Reykjavík Dance Festival.
