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Performance is an art form that today occupies a far more central position than it held only a few years ago. The reasons are complex, however in relation to the more established art genres; the performance medium’s flexible, interdisciplinary character is essentially significant. With this in mind we consider the time ripe for marking the occasion by an arrangement involving regional as well as international ambition.
When we chosed Lyngheisenteret (The Heathland Centre) as a partner and exhibition location, it was for its unique cultural landscape as an interesting framework for the festival. Lyngheisenteret at Lygra provided the arrangement with both intimacy and openness, and offered the possibility for both indoor and outdoor presentations. In a characteristically rural environment, with a mental as well as geographical proximity to Bergen, we aimed to show the public works of performance which reflect precisely this duality.
Over the past decade, and as a matter of course, considerable attention in the field of contemporary art has been focused on the development and understanding of the urban: recently apparent in the UKS biennial in Oslo, Autumn 04. Simultaneous contact with nature and the cultural landscape surrounding the cities is ever-present on many levels. For Oslo it is the reference to “Marka” (“the field”), while Bergen has its byfjell (city-mountains), and who hasn’t spent their summer holiday “in the country”? At the same time people in contemporary Europe, for longer or shorter periods, experience these big city environments and the diversity they represent in relation to Norwegian urbanity.
By choosing artists who work in a variety of ways within this field of tension between city and wilderness, we hoped to enrich the festival public with new ideas and visual challenges.
When we chosed Lyngheisenteret (The Heathland Centre) as a partner and exhibition location, it was for its unique cultural landscape as an interesting framework for the festival. Lyngheisenteret at Lygra provided the arrangement with both intimacy and openness, and offered the possibility for both indoor and outdoor presentations. In a characteristically rural environment, with a mental as well as geographical proximity to Bergen, we aimed to show the public works of performance which reflect precisely this duality.
Over the past decade, and as a matter of course, considerable attention in the field of contemporary art has been focused on the development and understanding of the urban: recently apparent in the UKS biennial in Oslo, Autumn 04. Simultaneous contact with nature and the cultural landscape surrounding the cities is ever-present on many levels. For Oslo it is the reference to “Marka” (“the field”), while Bergen has its byfjell (city-mountains), and who hasn’t spent their summer holiday “in the country”? At the same time people in contemporary Europe, for longer or shorter periods, experience these big city environments and the diversity they represent in relation to Norwegian urbanity.
By choosing artists who work in a variety of ways within this field of tension between city and wilderness, we hoped to enrich the festival public with new ideas and visual challenges.
DELTAGENDE KUNSTNERE PARTICIPATING ARTIST
1 Robert Alda (Norway/Poland)
2 Brian Catling (UK)
3 Fire Birds (Norway, Denmark, Canada) Agnes Nedregaard, Molly Haslund, Anthony Schrag
4 Kurt Johannessen (Norway)
5 Sandra Johnston (Northern Ireland)
6 Karen Kipphoff (Germany/Norway)
7 Boris Nieslony (Germany)
8 Irma Optimist (Finland)
9 Skylla & Charybdis (Norway), Rita Marhaug, Ingunn Wright
10 Artur Tajber (Poland)
11 Roi Vaara (Finland)
2 Brian Catling (UK)
3 Fire Birds (Norway, Denmark, Canada) Agnes Nedregaard, Molly Haslund, Anthony Schrag
4 Kurt Johannessen (Norway)
5 Sandra Johnston (Northern Ireland)
6 Karen Kipphoff (Germany/Norway)
7 Boris Nieslony (Germany)
8 Irma Optimist (Finland)
9 Skylla & Charybdis (Norway), Rita Marhaug, Ingunn Wright
10 Artur Tajber (Poland)
11 Roi Vaara (Finland)
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