PRESS

“A disappearance number. Kipperberg's movement expression draws on the liberating qualities of the release technique. But constantly the organic flow is broken up by more marked twists, stops or narrative hand movements. Kipperberg's masterful physical abilities make me believe in every single movement she performs. (…) The strength of the choreography lay in the ability to create a fragmentary, playful and illogical sequence of events, where I experienced a satisfaction in not being able to predict what would happen.” – Andrea Csaszni Rygh, Norwegian Shakespeare Magazine

CREDITS

Choreography, scenography: Gry Kipperberg, Francesco Scavetta. Dancer: Gry Kipperberg. Film: Laida Lertxundi. Music: Sheriffs of Nothingness. Played live by: Sheriffs of Nothingness (Ole-Henrik Moe and Kari Rønnekleiv) Light design: Stefano Stacchini Light tecnician: Linn Sæther. Costume design: Gjøril Bjercke Sæther. Scenography production: Frido Evers. The film is created with: Mariana Sanchez Bueno, Helena Estrela, Ren Ebel, Unai Ruiz Ameztoy, Pablo Paloma Marin, Christina C.Nguyen, Clara Rus, Gabrielle Pulgar, Gry Kipperberg, Francesco Scavetta. Filmed in the Basque country: Monte Ulia, Monte Adarra, Oiartzun, Arritxulo, Peñas de Aia, Zurriola, Tabakalera Donostia. Photos: Francesco Scavetta, Laida Lertxundi, Tale Hendnes. Produser: Gry Kipperberg. Produced by: Wee.

In co-production with: Dansens Hus Oslo, Vitlycke - Centre for Performing Arts. Supported by: Arts Council Norway, Fund for Performing Artists, Oslo Kommune

Length: ca. 60 min

BIOS

Wee

Established by Francesco Scavetta and Gry Kipperberg in Oslo, in 1999, Wee has produced 23 performances -and several commissioned and shorter works-. Since the beginning, it has had an extensive international activity, touring in 37 countries -in Europe, Middle East, Asia, North and South America-, becoming one of the leading company of the Norwegian scene.

Wee's creations have changed in format and aesthetic, yet they have continuously tried to explore what theatre and performance can mean in contemporary life and what kind of dialogues they can open with the audience. Scavetta’s theatricality have often been associated with the atmosphere of a weird dream or to a playful world of a child: strange, funny, poetic and, at the same time, surprising. The core of the company's investigation deals with fragility and paradox, epiphany and dream, empathy and surprise, avoiding narrative and physical cliché, and questioning reality and identity with humoristic disbelief.

Laida Lertxundi

Laida is a filmmaker and artist living and working between Los Angeles, California and the Basque Country. Her work, shot primarily on 16mm in and around Los Angeles, is made with people, landscapes and sounds, and employs a fragmentary approach to editing in which cinematic forms of storytelling are replaced by a focus on process and materiality. Lertxundi received a MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and a BFA from Bard College, she has taught at CalArts, Art Center, University of California San Diego and is now the coordinator of Filmmaking Studies at Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola. 

Lertxundi’s films have screened in museums, festivals, and galleries, including most recently at, Locarno International Film Festival (2018), Toronto International Film Festival (2018, 2016), International Film Festival Rotterdam (2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011), New York film Festival (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018); Edinburgh International Film Festival (2014),. She has had solo screenings at MoMa, New York (2017),  Tate Modern, London (2016), Walker Art Center (2017); ICA, London (2016); White Chapel Gallery, London (2015); Glynn Vivian Gallery, Wales (2015); National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (2015); Museo de Arte Moderno, Medellin, Colombia (2015); LUX, London (2014); Kunstverein, Hamburg (2014); New York film Festival (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018); Edinburgh International Film Festival (2014); BAM, Brooklyn (2014); MAK Schindler House, Los Angeles (2014); PS1 MoMA (2013); Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (2013); Baltimore Museum of Art (2013); and Tate Modern, London (2011).

Her monographic book Landscape Plus was published with Mousse Publishing ad fluent on 2019.

Sheriffs of Nothingness

Sheriffs of Nothingness is a stringduo consisting of two of Norway's most distinguished artists in contemporary music: Rønnekleiv as a performer and Moe mostly as a composer. Moe and Rønnekleiv won the Norwegian Grammy for best contemporary album in 2007, and in 2011 Moe was nominated for the Nordic Council Music Award. Sheriffs of Nothingness interplay is remarkable. They move inside their music like one organism with all kinds of materials and passages. It's a true joy listening to their playfulness and at the same time profound musical awareness in everything they do.