Ecoscenography
Bærekraftig scenografi og scenekunst
Jeg arbeider med bærekraft som kunstnerisk drivkraft og arbeidsmetode. Jeg arbeider også på et mer strukturelt plan, der jeg forsøker å inspirere til det grønne skiftet i det norske scenekunstfeltet. Nylig fikk jeg teaterprisen Gulljerven, Årets Bærekrafthelt 2022, for dette arbeidet. Det var en utrolig inspirerende motivasjon til videre arbeid! Her vil jeg skrive mer om dette arbeidet, og dele linker om initiativ og prosjekter som gjøres i scenekunstfeltet nasjonalt og internasjonalt.
I work with sustainability as an artistic method. I am also working on a more structural level, trying to inspire the green transition in the Performance Arts Field i Norway. For this work I recently received a theatre price, Gulljerven, as Årets Bærekrafthelt 2022 /“The Sustainability Hero of the Year, 2022”. Such a motivation to continue this work! In this section I will write about some of my work in this area, and share links and info about initiatives and work being done in Norway and abroad.
International Touring and Environmental Responsibility Program 2024
So happy to have been a part of The International Touring and Environmental Responsibility Program winter/spring of 2024! This unique programme is a collaboration between The Arts Council England, the Danish Arts Foundation, Arts Council Norway and Julie’s Bicycle.
Ecoscenography Day at Prague Quadrennial 2023
Tanja Beer and Marianne Lavoie hosted a full day seminar about Ecoscenography at the PQ Talks. The auditorium was packed! I was a part of the concluding panel: Ecoscenographic Futures, together with Ang Xiao Ting and Vespa Laine.
Report on sustainable theatre production - now available in english!
In 2019 Hege Pålsrud and I was leading a Working Group for Sustainable Scenography, initiated by Norske Scenografer i Creo (Norwegian Stage Designers in Creo). This is the report of our research.
LAUNCHING SHIFTIT!
Syv Mil is creating a new app: SHIFTIT. This app will be a platform for sustainable sharing of resources in the Performance Arts field, and other cultural sectors. I am an advisor in this project. We are launching SHIFTIT in Bergen the 21st of March! (In a hybrid event, also available digitally, partly in english.)
See event at Facebook.
Eco-scenography : the book
The Australian professor and scenographer Tanja Beer published this ground breaking book in 2021. This book aims to be an introduction to eccological design thinking - and features a lot of inspiring examples of performance art projects from all around the world. I am so proud for our performance “Sustain” to be a part of this book!
Sustainability Hero of the Year, 2022
The Theatre Price Gulljerven was awarded in December 2022, at the festival Showbox hosted by Scenekunstbruket in Oslo. I received this award for my work for sustainability in the Performance Arts Field in Norway. Thank you so much for this award!
Interview in Norsk Shakespeare- tidsskrift
In Norsk Shakespearetidsskrift #4:2021, I am interviewed by Ragnhild Freng Dale about my work with sustainability as an artistic method. This issue will be published in paper in January 2022. (Interview in Norwegian.)
Podcast on sustainable theatre
In December 21 I did my podcast-debut! In Produsentpodden episode #3, I talk to Gunnbjørg Johannesen og Camilla Svingen about sustainable theatre production and scenography. (In norwegian.)
The Theatre Green Book
This beta version handbook for sustainable theatre production is written by sustainability engineer Buro Huppolds, in collaboration with several theaters and organisations. I find this very interesting and thorough!
Tanja Beer - Ecoscenography
I am deeply inspired by Tanja Beer, an australian based scenographer and academic. She has founded the term “Ecoscenography” which is spreading internationally as a model for sustainable theatre production, and she is constantly launching new collaborations, i.e with Prague Quadrienale 2023.