Pedro Gramegna Ardiles

The Factory (Párty pre 50 najkrajších ľudí)

by Branislav Mázuch

Scena Jorik, Bábkové divadlo v Košiciach. 
Košice, Slovakia – 2025

The show creates a dynamic and captivating parallel with the metaphysical space of Andy Warhol’s legendary art studio — New York’s The Factory.

Warhol’s work and the inspirations of the 1960s — from pop art and free creative experimentation to unsettling questions about identity, vulnerability, impermanence, loneliness, as well as beauty, fame, and consumerism — form the main thematic core of the production. It offers audiences the opportunity to look into their own emotions and attitudes, and to uncover new aspects of themselves, much like Warhol’s legendary The Factory once did.

The ambition of the project is to blur the boundary between artists and audience: the spectator becomes a co-creator of the action, interacting with the set, props, and performers. You will find yourself in a “silver studio,” where situations unfold side by side that reference Warhol’s iconic film experiments.

Noise, music, dance, and raw emotional scenes — all of this shapes a “party” that focuses not on a story with a clear beginning and end, but on an authentic experience full of intense sensations.