On the surface, Oslo seems sanitized, it's not exactly the kind of place where gripping art is expected to emerge.

A hungry man arrives at a foreign village, asking its inhabitants for food. They refuse, claiming to have very little themselves. And so, the man places stones in a pot to make stone soup, telling the villagers it could taste much better, if only anyone had a few vegetables to spare. One villager steps forward, then another, until many arrive...

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The dominant cultural trend of our time is stagnation;
nostalgia, and a halt in the emergence of novelty.