03:08:38 - States of Emergency

Transiteatret-Bergen writes the following, among other things, about 03:08:38 - States of Emergency:

"This production does not take place just in the festival town of Harstad, but also - and at the same time - in two other places: In the 'control room' at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, the audience sits with active performers from the production. And at the artistic venue 'Wrap' in Bergen, the doors are opened at the exact same time as the same happens in Trondheim. This is not streamed theatre: None of the venues are outside of, or beyond, the space, but are independent parts of the expanded scenographic meeting point of the performance."

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason for the special artistic achievement award to Tore Vagn Lid:

"With this year's award, the jury wants to honour an artist for his distinct performing arts project, realised with consequence in a form developed into what one must almost call a personal genre. With inspiration from one of the twentieth century's great playwrights, among others, and with a particular emphasis on the theatre's auditive potential, the award winner has combined artistic innovation and political engagement, as is clearly documented in this season's prominent work: 03:08:38, a stage and auditive examination of the three hours when the political terror came to Norway.

The special artistic achievement award this year goes to Tore Vagn Lid for the artistic direction of the project 03:08.38 - States of Emergency - Transiteatret-Bergen in collaboration with Det Vestnorske Teateret and Vega Scene."

The Hedda Jury gave the following reason for the best audiovisual design award:

"The stories of our time make the strongest impressions when they, like the fairytales of the past, gives room for reflection and recognition. This is such a story. In the way the art of the moment is stretched in time and challenged by space, one can barely see how the smallest analogue or technological detail could have been let go of.

With a miniature world at the core, the winner allows tiny parts to grow into a decentralised monumental work surrounding memories of and form our own time; painful, beautiful and irrevocable. And for every light diode and every musical anchor, the spectator grows increasingly connected to the piece's irreversible vision.

With the precise fingerspitzengefühl of a musical conductor, the director lets lighting and sound designers, musicians, photographers, visual artists and technicians carry a documentary reconstruction with theatre at its fundament, a deepgoing art work about ourselves at a given time: July 22, 2011."

SOURCES:

Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 14.06.2019

Transiteatret-Bergen, www.transiteatret.no, 14.06.2019, https://www.transiteatret.no/03-08-38-tilstander-av-unntak

Arctic Arts Festival, festspillinn.no, 19.06.2019
http://festspillnn.no/program/2019/030838-tilstander-av-unntak-no

The Hedda Award, www.heddaprisen.no, 16.07.20, https://www.heddaprisen.no/nominerte/2020

The Hedda Award, heddaprisen.no, 21.09.2020, https://www.heddaprisen.no/vinnere/2020

• The Hedda Award 2020 - Production of the year