Dim

From Black Box teater’s season programme 2025:

"Dim is about anesthesia – anesthesia as a consequence of the times we live in, and as a method of dealing with these times. Dim is a work for three dancers. A realm of numbness steers their relations and pathways, where care, violence, indifference, boundlessness and desire quiver in an uneven path.

Dim derives from bodily states of anesthesia that arise as a consequence of an over-aestheticized, accelerated, and information-rich society: anesthesia emerges because the impressions one is exposed to are too many and too strong, so that perception changes as a result. The idea is that one is numbed by taking part in an over-aestheticized world that roars out non-stop sensory experiences. The numbing can be understood as a response to a reality where one is overwhelmed by images, sounds, and other impressions.

Goldberg is interested in the physical implications of anesthesia, how it affects relationships and where one draws boundaries."

Funded by Arts Council Norway.

Residency support: Bora Bora residence center, NREP Residency.

SOURCE:

Black Box teater’s archive, 2025

Illustration: Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen