Julie Solberg
Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think
Thinking no longer means… is a theatre
performance about the necessity (or not) of
changing the world. What is solidarity? Do
we have an obligation to make the world a
better place?
The performance mirrors the struggle of
Solberg and Cederqvist’s generation to
be politically engaged. Irony, sarcasm and
controversies are essential parts of the
experience.
Their performance portrays the luxuries of
their generation: Millennials enjoy freedom
of choice in terms of both education and
self-realisation. One could wonder if this
should not imply a stronger commitment,
responsibility and creativity regarding the
challenges the world is facing; yet it rather
seems that the more one knows the less
one manages to do, and the more likely one
is to be politically correct and comfortable
with one’s own helplessness.
The performance plays with the personae
of Cederqvist and Solberg as intelligent,
well-educated thinkers. Situated in a think
tank they throw themselves into a live
physical and violent interrogation of these
questions. This is black humour and satire
with a serious after-taste.
