Connections, misunderstandings and resentments, the role and place of the modem Au pair is the basis for a mischievous, absurdist film and VR insight into class and cultural blindspots of the newly wealthy – and all to the tune of top-end live jazz.

Their homes ooze of money, culture and ‘good taste’. But the presence of Maria – the Asian Au pair – is somehow always disturbing the atmosphere. It is at once both beautiful and unpleasant. A fundamental duality bordering on ethical crisis lies just below the surface. 

Homage Au Pair is a remarkably clever filmic, VR and musical live performance, revealing the lives of three distinct couples, each bumbling along with ‘their’ Au pair, each couple differently challenged by the inevitable chaos that ‘new wealth’ has brought them, and the problem of boundaries in behaviour around modern-day ‘servants’. Whilst the rehearsal of live jazz improvisation reverberates through the house, the sounds of the washing up will inevitably clash with the mood. 

De Utvalgte are celebrated for their playfully absurdist and edgy observations of a society in moral meltdown, holding up a gentle mirror that includes our shadow.