Intermezzo i arbeiderklassen* (Intermezzo in the working class)

Intermezzo i arbeiderklassen* (Intermezzo in the working class) produced by Karstein Solli Productions and Panter Tanter Produksjoner is a site-specific project connected to the factories Lilleby Fabrikker, produced in Trondheim in 2006.

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Information

(Objekt ID 9394)
Object type Production
Premiere April 29, 2006
Produced by Karstein Solli Productions, Panter Tanter Produksjoner
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian
Keywords Theatre
Running period April 29, 2006  
Website Karstein Solli Produksjoner, Panter Tanter Produksjoner
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Intermezzo i arbeiderklassen* (Intermezzo in the working class) was founded in the working class background of the performing artists Karstein Solli and Berit Rusten.

"The past few years we, as artists, have had long conversations about our class background and how this has influenced us. The conversations have felt a little absurd, due to the topic being connected to terms such as class and social belonging, issues other define as irrelevant or imaginary", they say.

The artistic aim of Intermezzo i arbeiderklassen is connected to what Pierre Bourdieu defined as habitus. Solli and Rusten sought to challenge his term(s) from their own perspectives as artists, discussing what they see and experience as a non-existent or not contemporary term in the established art world or in established Norway as a whole. The aim was to give "this non-existent class" a clearer outline, a nuanced and many-layered term related to hybrid contemporary art expressions.

Intermezzo i arbeiderklassen by Karstein Solli Productions and Panter Tanter Produksjoner was supported by Arts Council Norway, The Audio Visual Fund, The Fund for Performing Artists, the municipality of Trondheim and Norwegian Writers Center.

Sources: Panter Tanter, http://www.pantertanter.com/images/intermezzo_magasin.pdf, 21.11.2010

Karstein Solli Productions, http://www.karstein.no/intermezzo.html, 21.11.2010

*Not yet translated into English. The title within parentheses is the Norwegian title's literal meaning.

Contributors (10)
Name Role
Berit Rusten – Concept/Idea
Karstein Solli – Concept/Idea
Berit Rusten – Video/Film
Magnar Engen – Performer
Sissel Horghagen – Performer
Kari Hustad – Performer
Berit Rusten – Performer
Karstein Solli – Performer
Kjetil Skøien – Director’s assistant
Berit Rusten – Project manager
Performance dates
May 1, 2006Lilleby Smelteverk Show
April 30, 2006Lilleby Smelteverk Show
April 29, 2006Lilleby Smelteverk Worldwide premiere