Mission Arnold Schwarzenegger

The climate crisis has settled somewhere between resigned acceptance and apocalyptic clamor. Even the loudest voices of dissent are falling silent. Where others give up, KRA gets to work. They are solving all the world’s problems, starting with pollution. Just like climate activist Arnold Schwarzenegger, but without the muscles and “masculinity”—instead, they’re doing it with an action movie! Are you ready to play your part?

In Mission Arnold Schwarzenegger, you join KRA to create an action film about climate heroes. In this interactive performance, participants transform into the film crew and extras as the set comes to life on the spot. While filming the scenes, you collectively explore the enduring legacy of past heroes, the longing for simple solutions, and the powerful myth of masculinity that still dictates how we envision climate action. Who truly inspires change? And what happens when we try to become the heroes ourselves?

The spotlight is on Arnold Schwarzenegger: bodybuilder, Terminator, governor, and climate activist. He is a man fighting for change while remaining part of a world driven by consumption and resource depletion. Muscles, power, masculinity? We’ve seen it all before. It’s not working. KRA is taking over. Onward to the end of pollution!