ABSTRACT
At the Volksbuhne in Berlin, the spectators are invited to have a look behind a screen wall. The setting of Gob Squad's performance already reflects changes between the media, despite attempts to insist on ontological differences. Whereas Warhol's films playfully demonstrate the influence of television on everyday life, the re-enactment of these films on a stage today shows strategies of post-dramatic theatre forms, through the integration of performance art elements and the rejection of character and traditional role-play. Gob Squad's remarkable success in moving audiences through the use of media technology is related to different strategies of exposure, inside and outside theatre spaces. A Gob Squad member acts rather as persona somewhere between the character of a particular show, an everyday-life person, and the image of a personality branded by the process of mediatization. The Kitchen performance may be regarded as a perfect example for Gob Squad's ability to create unique moments of co-presence with their audience.
