| Title (6) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Article in Norsk Shakespeare- og teatertidsskrift about performative installations | 2005 | Download | |
| Artikkel av Elisabeth Leinslie om Verdensteatrets produksjon "Konsert for Grønland" (2004) | 2004 | Download | |
| Catalogue for the art group Verdensteatret (2011) | 2011 | Download | |
| Katalog for kunstgruppen Verdensteatret (2017) | 2017 | Download | |
| Master's thesis in theatre by Elisabeth Leinslie (2004) | December 1, 2004 | Download | |
| Review in Norsk Shakespeare- og Teatertidsskrift of the performing arts festival Steiricher Herbst in Graz, Austria | 2007 | Download |
Concert for Greenland
Concert for Greenland is a production by Verdensteateret.
"That corpse you planted in your garden last year, has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?"
Concert for Greenland is an audio-visual composition where rusty mechanics meet new technology on the backside of a "video-shadow-theatre" on Greenland. It's a performance following the principle of "any media necessary", and visual art, sound, video, installation, text and theatre try to unite into one composition.
Information
(Objekt ID 2970)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | March 4, 2004 |
| Produced by | Verdensteatret |
| Coproducers | Black Box Teater |
| Audience | Adults, Youth |
| Language | Norwegian and Danish |
| Keywords | Puppetry, Installation, Concert, Live art, Musical theatre, Post-dramatic theatre, Performance, Theatre, Multidisciplinary, Object theatre, Video |
| Running period | March 4, 2004 — June 3, 2005 |
| Last changed | 16.10.2025 |
| Create date | 27.04.2012 |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
| Last changed | 16.10.2025 |
| Create date | 27.04.2012 |
In Concert for Greenland by Verdensteatret Greenland is the main focal point of the work. The material is based on travels and research around the Northwest-Atlantic countries Greenland, Iceland, Faeroe Islands and Norway from August until November 2003. In Oslo all the material collected on these trips went into a deeper artistic process, and in the end a concentrate was, the way Verdensteatret says it, "sweated out".
Verdensteatret says: "Our longest stay was in Greenland and it made a deep impression on us. The ambivalence we often felt during our stay there has through the process transformed into a deep fascination. The subconscious experience of our travels there is rebuilt through dreams and our unreliable memory and resulted in these artistic transformations. Concert for Greenland is a work in honour of Greenland."
Performances not clear from the performance date list:
2004:
DETOX/BIT. Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
Avant Garden. Trondheim, Norway
Kulturhuset Stockholm. Stockholm, Sweden
The Norwegian Opera/KHiO (Performing at a seminar on space-related art) Oslo, Norway
Stamsund International Theatre Festival. Lofoten, Norway.
2005:
Steirischer herbst festival. Graz, Austria.
De Singel. Antwerp, Belgium.
TRAFO House of Contemporary Art. Budapest, Hungary.
International Theatre Festival Divadelna. Nitra, Slovakia.
PS 122. New York City, USA
Source:
Verdensteatret, verdensteatret.com, 05.12.2010: http://www.verdensteatret.com/kg_intro.html
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Erik Balke (from August 1, 2006) | – Co-creator (Aktør) |
| Christian Blom | – Co-creator (Aktør) |
| Lisbeth Bodd | – Co-creator (konsept/idé) |
| Øyvind Borgemoen Lyse | – Co-creator |
| Corinne Lyche Campos | – Co-creator |
| Ali Djabbary | – Co-creator (Aktør) |
| Per Flink Basse (to May 8, 2006) | – Co-creator (Aktør) |
| Kjeld Kemp | – Co-creator |
| Ulf Knudsen | – Co-creator |
| Kenneth K. Langås | – Co-creator |
| Jannicke Lie | – Co-creator |
| Håkon Lindbäck | – Co-creator (Lysdesign) |
| Trond Lossius | – Co-creator (Konsulent) |
| Reinert Mithassel | – Co-creator |
| Asle Nilsen | – Co-creator (konsept/idé) |
| Piotr Pajchel | – Co-creator (Aktør - Video/Film) |
| Morten Pettersen | – Co-creator |
| Bergmund Waal Skaslien | – Co-creator |
| Petter Steen | – Co-creator |
| Lars Øyno | – Co-creator (Aktør) |
| Stamsund Teaterfestival | June 3, 2005 |
| Steirischer Herbst | 2005 |
| International Theatrefestival Divadelna | 2005 |
| DETOX | December 4, 2004 |
| Ultima | March 4, 2004 |
Hilde Østby: Merkelig vakkert (literally: Strangely beautiful), 06.03.2004, Dagsavisen page 21 [Oslo]:
"Verdensteatret's intensely mystical and beautiful productions are like clips of a very old movie in a dead language, edited in a way which has left the action out. The result is composed of strange images, fragments of conversation and a highly processed and interesting landscape of sound. Concert for Greenland is a beautiful performance, a concert in which sound and image melt into a higher unit. This is an aesthetic experience one can only understand if one experiences it."