It is high summer in Kristiania, the capital city of Norway. The year is 1918. In Frimurerlosjen, the Masonic Grand Lodge, the kitchen is operating at full steam, serving a lavish banquet dinner for 180 wealthy guests. To serve those 180 wealthy guests, you have unnamed workers: the staff have been on their feet all evening catering to the exclusively male party. And there are, as well, some uninvited guests: one is the Spanish Flu. The other, male chauvinism. But in the end, love, and Socialism, wins.
"National Episodes: The Radical Flu: A Radio Play" is part of a series of art productions inspired by often unknown aspects related to key events in Norwegian history. The series is produced by the collective artist persona Rose Hammer for osloBIENNALEN.