Have you ever wondered: Why do people hate performance art? What’s the difference between high and low culture? How do jokes work? If so, we are delighted to invite you to the comedy ‘Driving the Doubts Away’ by Olof Olsson on Thursday, 17 April 2025, at 6 pm. at the Contemporary Art Centre. Admission is free.
‘Driving the Doubts Away’ is an info comedy* about a confused teenager (Olof Olsson) who wants to be an artist, somehow gets into art school – only to become more confused. It tackles the ultimate question: What do you do when doubt is killing you?
Along the way, the show digresses into unexpected territory – touching on Valhalla, Mars bars, billionaires, Austrian wine, sparkling water, free coffee, and much more.
At the heart of the confusion stands Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain, a urinal turned sculpture in 1917, which was voted the most influential art work of the 20th century in 2004.
‘Driving the Doubts Away’ features 200 illustrations and five original songs.
* An info comedy consists of 40% information, 30% comedy, 20% autobiography, and 10% melodrama.
Duration: 110 min with a 15 min interval
Please note: photography and/or filming may take place during the event. By attending, you consent to the use of photos and videos on social media and other platforms.
Admission is free
OLOF OLSSON is a product of the 1960s charter tourism industry. His Dutch catholic mother and Swedish protestant agnostic social democrat father met in Mallorca.
In his youth, Olof dabbled in photography, journalism, and pirate radio DJing. He later studied English, philosophy and translation theory at Lund University before attending art school at Konstfack in Stockholm and the Royal Academy in Copenhagen.
Olof’s first exhibition, in 1992, was a fictitious story about a photographer suffering from photomania. Since 2007, he has been performing info comedy – a combination of lecture, comedy, autobiography, and melodrama.