TOGETHERING

I WAS INVITED BY OLIVE BIREINGA AND OTTO RAMSTAD TO MAKE A VISUAL AND TACTILE SUGGESTION BY INTRODUCING DIFFERENT OBJECTS WHICH THE PERFORMERS WOULD INTERACT WITH. BOTH IN THE LIBRARY AND SURROUNDING PARK WITH ITS ELEMENTS. FOR THIS TEMPORARY OCCUPATION AT SCHOUS PLASS IN OSLO I CHOSE HEAVY BEAMS WITH MEASUREMENTS APROXMATELY 4 METERS LONG, 10 X 10 CM, 30 M2 OF THICK CANVAS, 40 METERS OF ROPE FOUND IN THE BASEMENT LIBRARIE, AND I USED A SOLID AMOUNT OF CHALK IN REDS AND PINKS TO COLOR THE TILES ON THE SQUARE.

TOGETHERING WAS ORIGINALLY COMMISIONED AND CURATED BY LINN CECILIE ULVIN FOR KULURETATENs SAMMENomGATA. THIS PROJECT WAS TO BE PART OF OSLO MUNICIPALITIES INVESTMENT OF TEMPORARY ART IN PUBLIC SPACE. WE WERE ON SITE FOR MORE OR LESS TWO WEEKS IN SEPTEMBER 2018. DANCERS IN THE CORE GROUP WAS: OLIVE BIERINGA, OTTO RAMSTAD, LOAN HA, OLIVIA McGREGOR, OLIVER CONNEW, VENKE MARIE SORTLAND, SIGRID MARIE KITTELSEN VESAAS, SEAN SMUDA,

Guest performers: Marielle Kalldal, Astrid Ødegård, Ane Smørås, Andrea Winsnes, Carl Joseph Aquilizan, Mina Weider, Maria Lothe, Mari Bygnes, Rebecca Holm, Mahsa Rahmani, Linn Christin Aagedal, & Marte Øslebø

Special thanks: Kenneth Korstad, Paal Bjelke Andersen, Odvar Thorsen and all of the staff at Diechman Grünerløkka, Nora Peterson and Jan Robert Johnsen. Partners included Sporveien AS, Bymiljøetaten, Bydel Grünerløkka, Deichman Grünerløkka, Atelier Nord og Oslo Kulturskole, Oslo Kulturnatt 2019 and Oslo Kommune.