Radical Circus

These photos were taken by GLIMPSE on Radical Love at UKK Jan 21st 2017

THANK YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE AT RADICAL LOVE!
You let yourselves be swept away by the storm.
You created the uncontrolable chaos we hoped you would!!
Watch out for the next little revolution.

Here you go, perfect reading for a Thursday! Some myths about circus, shared from our radical Rolf Hughes. Happy reading!

The myth called circus The above lines from William Wordsworth’s poem The Tables Turned are a striking expression of a number of the central elements of Romanticism: a penchant for the mysterious, the glorification of nature and the unknown, and an accompanying aversion toward intellectualism. The Tables Turned dates from...

One of our radicals posted this link, about a theory questioning gravity. Definitely radical!

Remarkable New Theory Says There's No Gravity, No Dark Matter, and Einstein Was Wrong A theoretical physicist proposes a new way to think about gravity and dark matter.

Shared by one of our radicals.
"What I want my alphabet to convey to the reader is the sensation that children feel in front of books they cannot yet understand. I used it to describe analytically an imaginary world and give a coherent framework."
Is this radical?

Look Inside the Extremely Rare Codex Seraphinianus, the Weirdest Encyclopedia Ever

Definition of radical?

ÖPPEN PRESENTATION - VARMT VÄLKOMNA!
Torsdag 1 december kl 14:00 presenterar luftakrobaten Grete Gross sitt projekt ”Confines” som hon arbetat med i vår Black Box (Cirkushallen, Alby).

Presentationen varar i ca 30 minuter.
Varmt välkomna!

Confines is a solo performance created and performed by Grete Gross, combining aerial acrobatics with visual art and poetry. It is a story of a human being trying to answer the expectations laid on her as an Estonian, as a woman, as a human being in the world today. It is a path of learning to accept and love oneself. Layer by layer, Confines peels off the sham, digs into the rotten debris and finds the greatest beauty suppressed in shame.

Grete Gross is an Estonian contemporary circus artist, graduated in May 2015 from Salpauksen Sirkusartistikoulutus / Lahti Circus School

The piece will premiere in the end of February in Tallinn, Estonia.

Did we mention the jump that's happening by the way?
It's this guy who's doing this thing at a certain point in an European city. And yes... He will land IN A CLOUD!

Swedish evening tabloid newspaper Expressen is digging deeper for an answer.

För 11 år sedan bröt akrobaten Olle nacken – nu ska han göra om samma hopp igen Som 19-åring var Olle Strandberg en av världens bästa akrobater. Olyckan i december 2005 satte stopp för det. Efter en misslyckad trippelsalto bröt Olle nacken och förlamades från halsen och nedåt. Vägen tillbaka har varit tung, men nu – 11 år senare – är han redo att ta revansch. – Känslan av att f...

Just in from Adweek:
"It's been 10 years since then. Olle has miraculously recovered. Many people like him would count their blessings, move to a quiet town and take up gardening. But in what's being dubbed "the most irresponsible circus performance ever," Olle is gearing up to repeat the same jump, with just one difference. This time, he'll do it from up to..."

Step Right Up and Watch This Air Acrobat Attempt the Most Irresponsible Circus Act Ever One December day at the International Scene of Contemporary Dance in Stockholm, Sweden, a man named Olle, one of the best air acrobats in the world, did a triple-somersault jump. It was a jump like hundreds of others he'd done before, but this time was different. He fell on his head. "Within that…

The worlds best worst idea.
This jump is just a part of what Radical Circus is about. Much more concepts, performances and bad ideas to come from various performers. Stay tuned.

This is an article from fantastic artist and blogger Tiffany Kronlöf. In swedish.

Världens bästa sämsta idé. | Tiffany Kronlöf Nöjesguiden När Olle Strandberg var 19 år var han en av världens bästa akrobater. En dag gjorde han ett minimalt misstag vilket ledde till en förödande krasch. Olle bröt nacken och blev förlamad från nacken ner. Läkarna sa att han aldrig skulle gå igen. Nu, 10 år senare, har han fått världens bästa sämsta idé.…