Performance Art Bergen

Cod - Connecting People

A participatory performance by Jon Irigoyen in collaboration with Emma Hovi (Social Choreography Lab Helsinki, Finland).

Date: Saturday, November 11th 2023
Time: 14:30-17:00h

Starting and finishing point: Kunsthall 3,14, Vågsallmenningen 12, 5014 Bergen, Norway

This participatory performance combines humor and playfulness to bring participants on an anti-tourist tour in Bergen, culminating in a shared meal experience. At the center of the performance is the cod: the most profitable fish in history that has played a key role in shaping cultures across the Atlantic coast, from the Vikings that first developed the industry to the Basques who found out how to preserve it with salt. Tracing different economies of cod (cultural, social and political) that link the city of Bergen and the Basque city of Bilbao  (Jon’s hometown), we will share and map both the historical connection between the cities how cod shaped history locally and globally, and a dinner
table through playfulness and humor. 

The festive anti-tourist tour will introduce the participants to the city as seen through the eyes of the artists. The tour will consist of small interventions across the historical old town of Bergen, preparing us for the second part of the performance at Kunsthall 3,14. We will gather in the gallery to try one of the most famous Basque cod recipes, Biscayne Cod, while exchanging experiences, jokes and memories of the fish at the dinner table.

Welcome!

The workshop is free of charge.

Register by sending an email to socialchoreography.helsinki@gmail.com by 8th of November.
Please bring clothes suitable for the outdoors.

Facilitators
The workshop will be facilitated by Jon Irigoyen and Emma Hovi of the Social Choreography Lab Helsinki. Social Choreography explores how we can learn and unlearn pre-choreographed aspects of our personal, social, cultural and political lives. As a cultural practice, it can create new spaces, preparing the imagination for envisioning new social relations and ecological thinking. Formed in 2020 as a collaborative experiment intersecting corporeality, choreography and political life, the Lab is developed through an ongoing series of workshops, festivals and talks. The Lab is based at the Performance Arts Center Eskus in Helsinki and has been supported by Esitystaiteen Seura - Live Art Society and Nordic Culture Point. 

More information: https://www.jonirigoyen.com/Social-Choreography-Lab-Helsinki 

IMAGE
Engraving from Encyclopedia of Natural History, Augsburg, 1804