Pikene på Broen invites musicians, performers and artists working with voice or extended vocal techniques to a 5-day Liminal Lab project to create an experimental opera.
The laboratory will take place in Kirkenes, Norway, a border town above the Arctic Circle from 17 to 22 February 2025. During several days, under the guidance of invited mentors the participants will develop joint performance in the opera format and present the results of the project in a work-in-progress at the Barents Spektakel 2025 festival.
The thematic axis of the project is ‘Liminality’ – an ephemeral, timeless state where consciousness and the space around no longer belong to the previous setting, but has not yet had time to rebuild and adapt to the new reality. Mental, physical and social state are in the situation of uncertainty, ambivalence and blurred borders between reality and dream.
A group of artists will study the sound and visual environment of Sør-Varanger under the guidance of 1999Q and invited experts, and will create a final work by collaborating closely with each other.
APPLY HERE: https://liminalopera.com/
We are looking for bold and curious emerging and professional artists, those who are open to collaboration and want to test their improvisational techniques on the stage. We cover accommodation, food and travel costs and offer a fee of 5000 NOK for work-in-progress performance in Kirkenes.
The project capacity is limited. Priority will be given to the participants who are living or based in the Nordic countries.
The project is generously supported by the Nordic Culture Fund
If you have any questions about project, format or application form reach us by email: oleg@pikene.no