Oblivia
MOOPA – Museum of Oblivia’s Performance Art
The Finnish performance group Oblivia is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2025. To mark the occasion, they opened MOOPA: the "Museum of Oblivia's Performance Art". MOOPA is not a real museum, however, but an online computer game, a small point-and-click adventure. Players enter a somewhat surreal-looking house with several rooms. It slowly becomes clear that the living room, kitchen, cellar and attic are crammed full of memories, snippets and fragments from Oblivia's stage works. With playful humour and lightness, the MOOPA home becomes a living and enchanted archive. A window into the world of Oblivia - regardless of whether you already know the performance group's work or not.
MOOPA can be played by anyone.
MOOPA is co-produced by Oblivia (Helsinki), ARGEkultur Salzburg, Kampnagel Hamburg, PATHOS theater (Munich), RAMPE (Stuttgart) and Kleintheater Luzern. MOOPA was also part of the MEDIA ART LAB residency programme as part of DIGITAL SPRING 2024 at ARGEkultur Salzburg.
Oblivia was founded in Helsinki in 2000 and has been creating performances using movement, dance, language, sound, light and gestures for twenty-five years. Oblivia's performances develop a unique atmosphere of casual vitality, while at the same time reflecting on almost philosophical questions. Recent works include the performances VERDRÄNGEN VERDRÄNGEN VERDRÄNGEN (2020, première at the RAMPE), OBSESSIONS (2022, première at the Wuppertal Opera), PLEASURE (2023, première at the RAMPE) and TURN TURTLE TURN (2024, première at the Munich Biennale). Oblivia's latest work – the performance REALITY BANG – will celebrate its world premiere in June 2025 at ARGEkultur Salzburg as part of the SOMMERSZENE.
