An exploration of the impact of social media – and TikTok specifically – on us as human beings, and how we use it either to watch or be watched, this is very much like scrolling on TikTok. At first you don’t quite know what you are watching and why you are still watching, waiting for something to happen and then eventually, eventually, eventually, it becomes clearer.
Louise Orwin is a skilled performance artist who pushes boundaries in many ways that we cannot even think about. In this show she live streams on TikTok, talks with a TikTok star then demonstrates and inhabits some of the strange and unusual ways that people use to gain attention, likes and follows. There is also a focus on appearance and the sexualisation that is often part of the likes and follows as Orwin pouts, dances, eats and drinks, live. It is a meta performance, as we watch her being watched and in the background are being watched ourselves.
Surreal but real, inane but significant, mindless but thought-provoking: this is a mass of contradictions. Just like the world of social media, this seems strange and full of pointless things and yet we cannot stop watching because it is making a point and asking questions, all of which begin with why? Is there an answer? Is social media the harmless causing harm? FAMEHUNGRY is an experience which will stay with you, whether you liked it or not, because it provokes and makes us examine our own connections to online life.
Show Time: 20-26 Aug @ 16:15
Summerhall
Ticket Prices: £17 (£14.50)
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/famehungry
Accessible entry: Once in the Courtyard, follow the signs up the access ramp, pass in front of the decking bar and into the main reception. Follow signage to the Lift. Take this to the first floor, then take a left through the double doors. The Main Hall is on your right. Wheelchair access type: Permanent Ramp, Lift (Building Lift). Stairs: 11- 20. Audio Enhancement System. Wheelchair Accessible Toilets. Age: 14+ (Guideline); Contains haze. Strong language/swearing, Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes; light references to death and suicide. Contains use of dairy products. Babes in arms policy: Babies do not require a ticket. Policy applies to: Children under 2 years.