FAR OUT AND FURTHER WITHIN
BØLER HOVEDGÅRD, 2023
GO FIGURE, 2024
SÅNAFEST, 2024
HØSTSCENA, 2024
Far out and Further Within is a choreographed installation that works with and challenges perception. In a dark room, what you see, what you think you see, and your own fantasies are mixed.
Picture yourself being guided along a path, entering a room, and settling onto a bench where you can lie down undisturbed throughout the duration of the performance. Within the abstract landscape you gaze into, a subtle glow slowly reveals a gathering of hands. Theese hands do not reach for things, and neither comfort nor hurt. They appear, disappear, and move at their own pace, as does the light. The performance is a journey both into the installation and into your own imagination.
Far Out and Further Within is an immersive experience made for two spectators at a time. The installation has been developed by choreographers Marie Bergby Handeland, Ingeleiv Berstad and Kristin Ryg Helgebostad in collaboration with architect Steinar Dyvik.
Idea and choreography: Marie Bergby Handeland, Ingeleiv Berstad and Kristin Ryg Helgebostad
Architecture: Steinar Dyvik Performers: Bárá Sigfúsdottir, Alma Bø, Marie Bergby Handeland og Ingeleiv Berstad Music/sound: Martin Langlie
Outside eye: Melanie Fieldseth
Helpers on light and scenography: Ingeborg Olerud, Gunhild Mathea Olaussen Illustrations: Amalie Vestergaard Olsen Photo: Tale Hendnes
Producer: Eva Grainger Production assistent: Sunniva Fliflet Produced by: Bananaz - Forening for Scenekunst
Supported by: Norsk Kulturråd
"Far Out and Deep Within is a beautiful and exciting project that questions the very perception of art, and sheds light on how we use our senses and body to interpret and understand what we see. When combined with a willingness to build new spaces and worlds, the result is thrilling, challenging and pleasantly confusing all at the same time.”
“Never before have I been so completely transported into something so completely beyond the everyday and been able to experience it with the same everyday senses”
- Audience feedback, Oslo, October 2023
