bliss
būda.collective · Lithuania
A person lives in a world where every action is measured and evaluated. He operates according to the instructions of an operating system—juggling precisely to the sequences of numbers it dictates, racking up points, and receiving rewards for them. He is happy.
"bliss" is a solo juggling performance about artificial happiness and a world where everything is planned. But is planned happiness truly happiness? What impact can a simple coincidence have in such a world? The system's instructions begin to be overridden by an inner voice that the system cannot measure.
The performance also introduces the "siteswap" juggling system, in which different ball-throwing sequences are designated by numbers. You will also see ball-launching machines created specifically for this production.
Creative team
Juggler – Kasparas Bujanauskas
Director – Lukas Dirsė
Composer – Ignas Šoliūnas
Set Designer – Tomas Stonys
Machine Creator – Domas Puvačiauskas
Producer – būda.collective
Co-producer – Teatronas
Photo credit: Gerda Remeikytė
The project is funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture.