I Will Never Be The Same Again
Site Specific walking performance
at Svartisen, Norway
at Svartisen, Norway
2024
A distant voice. Veiled bodies draped over bedrock. A living landscape but also a cemetery - a place of waiting, suspension and passing away. A glacial requiem.
What is lost and what is gained when we look closely at a landscape, at time passing, at a goodbye. Can we mourn the loss of a glacier? Can a glacier mourn itself?
The artist collective LiLi Re invites you on a site specific walking performance to the edge of Engabreen glacier and back to celebrate the transformative power of collective rituals in an era of eco-grief.
Through intimate voiceover, original compositions, sculptural and choreographic expression inspired by the art of lamentation, I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN is a poetic promenade that vibrates with possibilities for reflection and connection. This kinesthetic performance is an exploration of the more obscure realms of not only human nature but humanity’s interactions with nature.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN was part of a yearlong program called I am a living creature by Meløy municipality.
The performance was also part of the program Bodø 2024 - European Capital of Culture.
Artistic Team:
Concept and Dramaturgy: LiLi Re
Text: Petra Casale, Silje Lindberg, Christine Ryndak
Performers: Petra Casale, Silje Lindberg, Christine Ryndak, Nikolai Lieblein Røsæg, Emily Wachter, Marthe Sofie Løkeland Eide, Stina Stjern, Bjørn Ola R. Johansen.
Visual elements and costumes: MIKO SOLO (Nikolai Lieblein Røsæg & Mio Oribe)
Sound design and original music: Stina Stjern
What is lost and what is gained when we look closely at a landscape, at time passing, at a goodbye. Can we mourn the loss of a glacier? Can a glacier mourn itself?
The artist collective LiLi Re invites you on a site specific walking performance to the edge of Engabreen glacier and back to celebrate the transformative power of collective rituals in an era of eco-grief.
Through intimate voiceover, original compositions, sculptural and choreographic expression inspired by the art of lamentation, I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN is a poetic promenade that vibrates with possibilities for reflection and connection. This kinesthetic performance is an exploration of the more obscure realms of not only human nature but humanity’s interactions with nature.
I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN was part of a yearlong program called I am a living creature by Meløy municipality.
The performance was also part of the program Bodø 2024 - European Capital of Culture.
Artistic Team:
Concept and Dramaturgy: LiLi Re
Text: Petra Casale, Silje Lindberg, Christine Ryndak
Performers: Petra Casale, Silje Lindberg, Christine Ryndak, Nikolai Lieblein Røsæg, Emily Wachter, Marthe Sofie Løkeland Eide, Stina Stjern, Bjørn Ola R. Johansen.
Visual elements and costumes: MIKO SOLO (Nikolai Lieblein Røsæg & Mio Oribe)
Sound design and original music: Stina Stjern
Press
One of this year’s major and important theatre experiences (...)
The silent walk was touching and full of care.
- Elin Lindberg, Norsk Shakespeartidsskrift.
Art touches us in a completely different way than, for example, numbers showing degrees up or down, says Isabell Gabriele Maria Richter, associate professor at the Department of Psychology at NTNU (...)
Art builds a bridge between something that is difficult to understand and ourselves. Like grief or anger over a melting glacier, says Richter-Jacob. Also he add that Small local projects that are relevant to the people who live there have a greater impact than large global projects.
- Editor-in-Chief: Vibeke Fürst Haugen / Web Editor: Kathrine Hammerstad, NRK
The silent walk was touching and full of care.
- Elin Lindberg, Norsk Shakespeartidsskrift.
Art touches us in a completely different way than, for example, numbers showing degrees up or down, says Isabell Gabriele Maria Richter, associate professor at the Department of Psychology at NTNU (...)
Art builds a bridge between something that is difficult to understand and ourselves. Like grief or anger over a melting glacier, says Richter-Jacob. Also he add that Small local projects that are relevant to the people who live there have a greater impact than large global projects.
- Editor-in-Chief: Vibeke Fürst Haugen / Web Editor: Kathrine Hammerstad, NRK
Supported by
In collabration with Meløy kommune and Bodø2024
Funded by Arts Council Norway, Fond for lyd og bilde, Bergesenstiftelsen, FFUK, Statkraft og Meløy kommune
Foto: Silje Mari Karlsen
Funded by Arts Council Norway, Fond for lyd og bilde, Bergesenstiftelsen, FFUK, Statkraft og Meløy kommune
Foto: Silje Mari Karlsen
