(im)possible

(im)possible by zero visibility corp. and Ina Christel Johannessen was described in the following manner by Siren Leirvåg, lecturer in theatre studies, University of Oslo:

"Although touching on the previous productions ...it's only a rehearsal (2003) and (but) that night I found her very alluring (2006), this performance is perhaps more introvert in its effort of creating a physical and mental presence in which the Other is included.

The duet as form and seduction as artistic strategy are combined in (im)possible. The beauty and sensuality of the movements, the music and the scenography work by the principle of absorption rather that presentation. There is a possibility of being drawn into the performance by the play on the possible and impossible as an overall strategy.

The performance language is rough (acrobatic), soft (poetic) and comic (situational). Moving in waves of performance structures rather than narratives, it’s more like an (im)pulse than a story. As well as the presence of life and energy - the dancers and the living bodies - there is also absence; death and emptiness - the ashes, the empty boxes... Is the (im)possible (finally) coming to terms with the paradox of life and death?"

(im)possible by zero visibility corp. and Ina Christel Johannessen was supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/MFA (travel grant/performing arts).

zero visibility corp. is supported by Arts Council Norway 2009-2012 og 2013-2016.

Source: zero visibility corp., zerovisibility.no, 04.04.2011, http://www.zerovisibility.no/performancesschedule/impossible