Hidden Connections – Visible Ecologies
Hidden Connections – Visible Ecologies (2022) was a festival at Black Box teater, Oslo, curated by LATERNA. It was inspired by new and ancient understandings of life and matter.
LATERNA invited to a festival of conversations, workshops and performances with a number of artists, including Julia Adzuki, Dohee Lee, Iris Müller Westermann, Robert Steijn, Lisa Jeannin, Keith Hennessy, Liv Kristin Holmberg, Margrethe Pettersen, Ivana Müller, Sara Rõnnbäck, Daniel Slåttnes and Lilach Livne.
Information
(Objekt ID 155770)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | June 21, 2022 |
| Produced by | Laterna |
| Coproducers | Black Box Teater |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Multidisciplinary |
| Running period | June 21, 2022 — June 25, 2022 |
| Last changed | 26.11.2025 |
| Create date | 12.05.2025 |
Requirements to venue
| Last changed | 26.11.2025 |
| Create date | 12.05.2025 |
Programme for Hidden Connections – Visible Ecologies
Tuesday 21 June: Conversation with Place
17.30–18.15 / Foyer
Performance: LATERNA and Margrethe Pettersen, Tree Talks – Lønnetreet.
18.30–19.00 / Foyer
WELCOME by LATERNA: Presentation of the Festival Program, drinks and plant food.
19.00–20.30 / Foyer
Conversation with Place: With philosopher Martin Lee Mueller and artists Annike Flo and Ayesha Jordan. Guided by moderator Ingrid Vranken.
21.00–22.15 / Main Stage
Performance: Ivana Müller, Forces of Nature
22.30–23.30 / Foyer
Performance: Julia Adzuki / The Ministry for Environmental Grief, Ashes to Ashes
Wednesday 22 June: Conversation with Spirits
Ongoing / Foyer
Exhibition: Sjustjärnan by Lisa Jeannin, Resonant bodies by Julia Adzuki and Conversation Between Bodies #11 - Dance of Fire by Daniel Slåttnes and Sara Rönnbäck
16.00–17.30 / Small Stage
Activation Session: Robert Steijn, Praying while dancing
17.30 / Foyer
Dinner
18.00–18.30 / Foyer
Opening of sculpture, performance text, Sara Rönnbäck and Daniel Slåttnes Conversation Between Bodies #11 – Dance of Fire
19.00–20.15 / Foyer
Conversation with Spirits with curator and writer Milena Høgsberg, artists Liv Kristin Holmberg, Robert Steijn and Lilach Pnina Livne. Guided by moderator Ingrid Vranken.
21.00–22.15 / Main Stage
Performance: Ivana Müller, Forces of Nature
Evening into night / Paulus Church / one-on-one
Performance: Liv Kristin Holmberg, Les Ténèbres - In the Dark Hour*
Thursday 23 June: Conversation with Healing
16.00–18.00 / Foyer
Activation Session: Keith Hennessy, Dancing magic and politics
18.00 / Foyer
Dinner
19.00–20.30 / Foyer
Conversation with Healing with shaman and healer Eirik Myrhaug Partapuoli, artists Kristina Gjems, Luanda Carneiro Jacoel and Keith Hennessy.
Guided by moderator Karmenlara Ely.
21.00–22.00 / Small Stage
Performance Robert Steijn, When the moon kisses the sun - a Snake Dance
22.30 / Foyer
Lisa Jeannin - Journeying with a plant’s soul to the Moon and back - a Gong journey
Evening into night, Paulus Church / one-on-one
Performance Liv Kristin Holmberg Les Ténèbres - In the Dark Hour*
Midnight / Paulus church
Performance Liv Kristin Holmberg Les Ténèbres - In the Dark Hour
Friday 24 June: Conversation with the more-than-human
12.00–13.30 / Foyer
Seedbomb-workshop: For all ages with artists and gardeners Fernanda Branco and Ingeborg S. Olerud
13.30: Lunch: Bring your own lunch!
14.00–17.30 / Foyer and Small Stage
Activation Session: Dohee Lee / LATERNA Rituals and Dances that Matter.
Warm-up and preparations for tomorrow's Planetary Dance
18.00 / Foyer
Dinner
19.00–20.30 / Foyer
Conversation with-the-more-than-human: With Philosophers Martin Lee Mueller and Arne-Johan Vetlesen, artists Julia Adzuki and Fernanda Branco.
Guided by moderator Karmenlara Ely.
21.00 / Main Stage
Performance: Keith Hennessy Back (all I wanna do is dance and fuck and swim with you)
22.30 / Small stage
Liv Kristin Holmberg Gravøl - Post funeral Gathering. Soup and conversation. Reflection and common wondering over the work Les Ténèbres - In the Dark Hour
Saturday 25 June: Conversation with the Universe
Planetary Dance Ritual – Open to ALL!
14.00: Meetingpoint at Black Box teater, walking to the outdoor site together
15.00: Ritual begins
16.00 Ritual ends
20.00 / Main Stage, Foyer
Lilach Pnina Livne Spirit Club
Leading into Closing PARTY in the Foyer – ALL are welcome!
Supported by Arts Council Norway, Oslo City Council, The Fund for Performing Artists
SOURCE:
Black Box teater’s archive, 2025
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Inger-Reidun Olsen | – Main producer |
| Marianne Skjeldal | – Main producer |
| June 25, 2022 17:00 – Foyer (Marstrandgata), Black Box Teater (Laterna) | Show |
| June 24, 2022 17:00 – Foyer (Marstrandgata), Black Box Teater (Laterna) | Show |
| June 23, 2022 17:00 – Foyer (Marstrandgata), Black Box Teater (Laterna) | Show |
| June 22, 2022 17:00 – Foyer (Marstrandgata), Black Box Teater (Laterna) | Show |
| June 21, 2022 17:00 – Foyer (Marstrandgata), Black Box Teater (Laterna) | Opening night |
| Laterna | June 21, 2022 |