MOTOR eller Kundera-variasjoner (Motor or Kundera Variations)

MOTOR eller Kundera-variasjoner (Motor or Kundera Variations) by FaktaMorgana. The musical performance production MOTOR eller Kundera-variasjoner was made in collaboration between the Norwegian performance group FaktaMorgana and the Swedish quartet The Pearls before Swine Experience.

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(Objekt ID 9759)
Object type Production
Premiere October 5, 2006
Produced by FaktaMorgana
Audience Adults
Keywords Theatre, Music, Musical theatre, Concert, Post-dramatic theatre
Running period October 5, 2006  

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MOTOR eller Kundera-variasjoner (Motor or Kundera Variations) by FaktaMorgana was built on the works Legitim vold? (Legitimate Violence) which had been performed in The Stenersen Museum during the festival Ultima in 2001 and oh thank heaven for.... September 11? which was part of The Annual National Exhibition of the Visual Arts 2002.

The production’s expression can be described as a mix between concert and performance theatre, and among its subjects was how art and reality interact. By mixing fact and fiction the relation between reason and consequence is questioned: For instance, can sabotage or politically motivated damage of material things be understood as violence?

The music for MOTOR eller Kundera-variasjoner (Motor or Kundera Variations) by FaktaMorgana was composed by Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred and was performed live by the quartet The Pearls before Swine Experience. The Pearls before Swine Experience is known within the contemporary music community for technical brilliance, artistic courage and playful stage charisma. The direction was by Marius Kolbenstvedt.

MOTOR eller Kundera-variasjoner (Motor or Kundera Variations) was supported by Arts Council Norway and The Audio Visual Fund. The production was performed in Black Box Teater as part of the festival Ultima in 2006.

Sources: Vallat, Marianne Dyrnes, Tom Klev og Kristian Selthun (2006). Black Box Teater Oslo. Høsten 2006. Black Box Teater Oslo [Oslo], 10-11

Contributors (19)
Name Role
Marius Kolbenstvedt – Text
Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred – Text
Ingebjørg Torgersen – Text
Marius Kolbenstvedt – Concept/Idea
Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred – Concept/Idea
Ingebjørg Torgersen – Concept/Idea
Marius Kolbenstvedt – Direction
Ingebjørg Torgersen – Direction
Bjørn Bolstad Skjelbred – Composition
Boya Bøckman – Video/Film
Boya Bøckman – Lighting design
Kristin Hestad – Co-creator
Pia Maria Roll – Co-creator
Kristin Hestad – Performer
Pia Maria Roll – Performer
Sara Hammarström – Musician (Pärlor för svin, fløyte)
George Kentros – Musician (Pärlor för svin, fiolin)
Mårten Landström – Musician (Pärlor för svin, piano)
Mats Olofsson – Musician (Pärlor för svin, cello)
Performance dates
Festivals (1)
Ultima October 5, 2006
Press coverage

"Through music, conversational inserts and physical acting a series of variations over the subjects of dialogue, communication, relations and immortality are displayed. The question «What are the forces driving you to act?» is often posed and is left as a central issue. The acting is the way we often see it onstage nowadays – the performers are allowed each their style and act near minimalist. (…) Each of their own the elements stand well – not that I will attempt to review Skjelbred’s musical work and the musical play, considering I am no music specialist. The compilation however doesn’t work that well. The dramaturgy is clumsily non-rhythmic and at times unmotivated. More nerve and dramaturgic finesse would have lifted the concert performance several notches."

Leinslie, Elisabeth (07.10.2006). Review titled Hva er din motor i livet? (literally: What is your motor in life?). Dagsavisen, dagsavisen.no, 01.12.2010, http://www.dagsavisen.no/kultur/article279122.ece