By collaborating with the local barbershop across the street, the residents of six apartments in the backyard of Gallery Taxi, and Bergen Taxi, I was able to have a band on the balcony, a hairdresser and a barber offering free haircuts in the salon, a crying girl eating ice cream in the living room who falls in love when the fire alarm goes off, a full lighting rig in the bedroom against a banner, and a projector in the bathroom showing the piece "Went to Italia, Turned into a Mafia," and more…

The result: A LIVE social media scroll!

The audience became curious about what was planned and what wasn’t—was the Foodora courier delivering food also part of the performance? Everything was planned.

Eleanor Maguire, a professor at University College London and the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, conducted a research project on London taxi drivers, showing that they have better memory than most people. They must pass The Knowledge, a test requiring them to memorize 25,000 streets and 320 specific routes without a map or GPS. Eleanor Maguire conducted a taxi experiment, while I conducted another—also about memory (and taxis).

In the backyard of Gallery Taxi, a LIVE social media scroll unfolded—many impressions happening simultaneously. As a performance artist, I want the audience to be entertained, but also for the performance to be memorable. What do they remember from these sequences?

Before leaving the performance, each audience member receives an envelope with a QR code linking to a survey—to find out what was the most memorable part of the show. Inspired by how social media affects our memory and the book Diving for Seahorses by Hilde Østby and Ylva Østby.