Odradek is a contemporary fairy tale inspired by the warnings of Gunther Anders and the whims of Franz Kafka. In the home of M, an ordinary woman holed up in the domestic comfort zone, every wish is granted even before it is conceived. In the land of plenty, the spiral of conformity has eliminated every whim, so marketing predictions prove infallible. Unaware messenger of this enchanted world is Q, an express courier for the most important company in the delivery industry, the ubiquitous Odradek. Unusual questions arise from the relationship between the two: where do items come from? What about the news? Who is speaking on the other end of the device? An electrical system failure will allow these mass hermits to glimpse a reflection of the invisible web of the world, triggering a clash between environment and ambition, a struggle between illusion and imagination. The unconscious innocence of today’s life, that is, the inability to feel the weight of responsibility for one’s actions, sometimes cracks and allows the symptoms of a singular, unusual anguish to seep through; like a dark shadow, the feeling of meaninglessness of one’s existence creeps into M.’s mind.
The enchantment that envelops and homologates the protagonists of this fairy tale seems to spread from the domestic apparatuses and objects, inert products that occasionally give the impression of observing human activities and seem to judge their consumers. In the loneliness and silence of the evening, the house seems to have a thousand eyes and the goods come to life to dispense advice and warnings, strong in a superhuman wisdom untainted by unproductive drives or superfluous emotions.

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