Four short dramedies about dystopian worlds set in technocracy nightmares.
ThunderCoat
2019. Produced as part of an installation at Telematic Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
Ride share. House share. Storage share. Over-f*cking share.
Telematic is pleased to present ThunderCoat , an exhibition and new film by Bonanza, LLC, (Lindsay Tully, Lana Williams, and Conrad Guevara). Billed as “a gig e-comedy that goes to the hounds,” Bonanza’s new film satirizes the so-called sharing economy, the often absurd services it provides, and the excessive demands that it makes on its workers.
The film’s protagonist, Denise, already works a variety of new economy gigs – picking up passengers, dropping off laundry and groceries, retrieving electric scooters – when she also signs up to work for Wüf: the Uber for dogs. She is a Wüf Bro, a purported expert in Dog companionship and care, who spends her day driving dogs around the city, while also still trying to fulfill all her other gigs, in a desperate attempt to reach her hourly pay quota. One gig is not enough. She has to work them all at once, juggling a barrage of dings, beeps and reminders, always on the phone, managing different apps, different jobs.
The piece moves between high anxiety, overwhelming frustration, stifling demands, and fake niceness, all set against Denise’s mindfulness exercises, positive self-talk, and waning patience. The title ThunderCoat , refers to a dog jacket that relieves anxiety and stress: Insanely CalmTM. But it turns out to be what Denise really needs, and the dogs become her ThunderCoat.
The story climaxes as Denise is pushed to the limits as one gig job digs its paws into another gig job and Denise breaks – hearing the call of the wild and possibly kidnapping her k-9 companions! The video skims the line of satire and is almost too close to home, bringing into focus people tangentially affected by, but not necessarily benefiting from the Bay Area’s tech boom.
Future 4ever Beta
2017. Produced as part of an installation at Southern Exposure. San Francisco, CA.
Bonanza’s newly commissioned video work immerses us in an abstract future world marked by camp aesthetics and a heightened awareness of space, place, and self
The Drought
2016. Produced as part of a residency at Royal Nonesuch Gallery. Oakland, Ca.
The Drought, is a cli-fi film investigating the effects (real and imagined) of the water crisis. By combining their trademark camp aesthetics with conspiracy theory and climate research, Bonanza creates a film that blurs the line between fact and fiction. It will make you thirst.
The Initiation
2015. Produced as part of a, “Tech-orcism,” an installation at 100% gallery. San Francisco, CA.
30% Hiding behind a cold gaze of screens/screams
20% Are you worthy?
18% cum n get it
16% link up with more blue blood
6% only an entity
6% drink this
4% eat this