Sense of Place IV

Sense of Place IV by Grenland Friteater: What does a football, an angel, a whale and raw blues rock have in common? The answer was, as the observant reader will have understood a long time ago: They were all part of Sense of Place IV, located in the borough Frednes in Porsgrunn. Sense of Place IV had three headlines; 1.) International communication in which European cooperation partners were invited to participate in the tour with different independent acts. 2.) New art on old ground. 3.) Providing space for and preserving the communal, open areas in the town.

Information

(Objekt ID 559)
Object type Production
Premiere September 1, 2008
Produced by Grenland Friteater
Audience All (from 12)
Audience size 2560
Language Norwegian
Keywords Multidisciplinary, Dance, Performance, Street theatre, Multimedia, Theatre, Concert, Exhibition, Wandering Theatre, Performance for children, Fairytale, Puppetry, Interactive, Installation
Running period September 3, 2008  
Website Grenland Friteater

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In 2005 Sense of Place was chosen as the artistic main event during Porsgrunn’s jubilee as a town; a large town wandering tour should be arranged annually from 2005 to 2007. The project became so popular among the audience in particular and performers of all kinds and categories, the project continued after the jubilee celebrations ended.

The model Sense of Place by Grenland Friteater has inspired towns like Kongsvinger, Kongsberg, Sandnes and Notodden in Norway and Santa Clara in Cuba. China, Vietnam and Colombia are new possible countries for internationally developing the project.

Vision:

"We wanted to explore the hidden town, the one behind the facades, reshaping it in an artistic vision never seen before. A vision to revive memories, ruins and traces from life and activity, hidden stories and dramas usually covered by the daily life activities, through breaking up the conventional logic of the theatre stage and to create performance arenas from the town’s real spaces.

We wanted to capture the town’s architecture, its entrances, streets and squares, its spaces in between, using the whole body of the town as a stage. We connected with national and international artists, architects, writers, visual artists, historians, composers and musicians, on their own and in groups. Large parts of the town’s artistic and cultural environment, associations and unions were drawn into the event to create a full-length experience for the audience’s better. The whole thing is made in the shape of a grand-scale town wandering tour."

Source: Grenland Friteater, grenlandfriteater.com, 18.08.2010, http://www.grenlandfriteater.com

Performance dates
September 4, 2009 Show
September 4, 2009 Show
September 4, 2009 Show
September 6, 2008 Show
September 6, 2008 Show
September 6, 2008 Show
September 5, 2008 Show
September 5, 2008 Show
September 5, 2008 Show
September 3, 2008 Show
September 3, 2008 Show
September 3, 2008 Show
September 2, 2008 Show
September 2, 2008 Show
September 2, 2008 Show
September 1, 2008 Worldwide premiere
September 1, 2008 Show
September 1, 2008 Show