Cross Roads – Fake Taxi (Act 2) is a documented performance in a taxi ride, revealing the encounters that take place between a real taxi driver, a passenger and a spectator. In a semi-fictional narrative, visual artist Laura Eager is learning to become a taxi driver, with theatre maker Rosa Gooij directing the act. Using film, audio and performance they investigate the public and private entries of a taxi,  and the encounters happening between drivers and passengers. What is shared at this moment, how do they perceive or interact with one another, and what effect does this have on how they view the current world around them?

During MOMO Festival the public are invited to book a 20 minute time slot to experience the performance as a passenger in the car. A constant dialogue of observation and intervention is created through a live stream of the work into a video installation close by.

About the Artist: Laura Eager is a Visual Artist and performer originally from South East England and currently based in Amsterdam, where she graduated from the Audio visual department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in 2023.  Laura’s artistic practice uses performative scenarios, films and audio works, to research the relationship between the spectator, director and performer at the intersection between real life and ‘stage’, fusing public spaces with white cubes, or black boxes. Her projects evolve through the staged encounters and performative happenings that she places herself and others in, to explore the borders of what is public and private, reality and fiction, and uncover the perceptions of the everyday.

Rosa Gooij is an Amsterdam born and raised theatre maker, performer and teacher. In 2023 she graduated from the bachelor theatre teacher at the Amsterdam University of the Arts. Her work can be found in the city streets, landscapes, festivals and night culture. Her collective ‘Digidiheu’ brings freaky magical performances, infiltrates the mostly festive crowd with playful interactive puppetry rituals and stories. With ‘groep Horizon’ she combines installation art with location theatre, inhabiting landscapes and building focused experiences for their audiences She is also part of ‘De Slapelozen’ an Amsterdam based theatre group, working in community centres, retirement homes, and pop ups in street life.

This performance is part of the MOMO X Amarte Open Call 2025. Read more.