Ecoscenography
Sustainable scenography and performing arts
(EN) I work with sustainability as an artistic method in all my productions. I am also working on a more structural level, trying to inspire the green transition in the Performance arts field i Norway. In 2022 I received a theatre price, “Gulljerven; Sustainability Hero of the Year, 2022” for this work. In this section I will write about my work on this topic, and share initiatives and work being done in Norway and abroad.
(NO) 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. I 2022 fikk jeg teaterprisen Gulljerven, Årets Bærekrafthelt 2022, for dette arbeidet. Her vil jeg skrive om mitt arbeid på dette teamet, og dele linker om initiativ og prosjekter som gjøres i scenekunstfeltet nasjonalt og internasjonalt.
Lecture about Sustainable Performance Making
How can sustainability drive the creative process in new directions? The 24.4 I was one of the lecturers at “Compose, Listen, Sustain!” by Ultima Festival, Nordic Music Days and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
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.
Paneldebate at Varmere Villere Våtere
What is the role of the cultural sector in the climate crisis? The 13.3 2025 I was part of a panel debate adressing this at the climate festival Varmere Villere Våtere.
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.
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
Handbook for sustainable theatre production, written by sustainability engineer Buro Huppolds, in collaboration with several UK theaters and organisations. A very detailed and hands on method for setting sustainability goals for your production!
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.