In this edition of PAB Local, we aspire to awaken the city and breathe life into it through a program consisting of actual >PHYSICAL< live-performances!
We are excited to present:
PAB Local: BREAK(ing habits)!
A performance event at four different locations in Bergen City Centre
Sat. 5th of June, 14:00-18:00
We have selected four performances that we thought poked at a nerve in the time, about isolation, communication and longing.
During these four hours you are invited on a journey through the city, starting on a sailboat at Bryggen, passing by a character with a lot on their mind at Folk & Røvere, lifting the gaze through Jonas Reins gate for a balcony dialogue between a dancer and a bass, before ending up at a traditional Swedish Midsummer celebration in Nygårdsparken.
THE ARTISTS
VILDE JENSEN (The sailboat Milonga, Bryggen)
I work relationally and intersubjectively with performance and rituals. Elements from rites of passage are often used in my site- and situation-specific performances. Playfulness and humour are helpful tools I use to pinpoint absurdities or make the abstract tangible. In a society that becomes more and more logical and disembodied, I try to add what I myself think is missing. Myths and stories makes it possible to elevate the little things we surround us with and create situations where the consequences of our actions and interactions can differ from everyday life, opening new opportunities of thought and action.
A boat and an apartment share the concept of being an enclosed space. In “Point of Departure we will investigate both their differences and similarities through conversations in and on Milonga, a 29 ft sailboat, which is also my home.
IDA CHRISTINA MAARDHED (Folk & Røvere, Sparebanksgaten 4)
Ida Christina Mårdhed is an artist from south Sweden, currently based in Bergen. Her works vary in media and audio/visual approach, but often repeats the same usage of repetitive rituals and other ritualistic re-arrangements, from a position somewhere in between private therapy/esotery and political social realism.
«I miss mantra» is a performance lifting a situation out of its singularity – out of its lonely, secluded, established and destructive confinement – into the presence of the public space, eyes and ears. It’s a prayer; a séance; a staccato; a loop; a voice and a typewriter and a person dressed in comfy clothes, just going on and on and on and on; they say pouring out your thoughts and emotions is good for your mental health, whilst dwelling is not. This is both.
KRISTINE NILSEN OMA (Two balconies, 3rd floor, Jonas Reins gate 7a)
Can the pandemic awaken a spirit of empathy?
The versatile bass player and composer; Ole Amund Gjersvik and choreographer and ME patient; Kristine Nilsen Oma, are improvising in response to each other.
Kristine Nilsen Oma’s dance-art of abstract shapes, movements and sounds embody years of isolation. As one of the activists behind #millionsmissingnorway she uses her chronic illness to express the stir-crazy embodied feelings stemming from being inside a chronically ill body for 10 years. This performance is performed from her quarantine on the tiny balcony, and the sounds of the instrument are coming from the tiny balcony beside her.
#millionsmissing
https://kristinenilsenoma.wordpress.com/
IBEN MANSFELD (Upper part of Nygårdsparken)
Iben Mansfeld (they/them) is an artist and studies at the art academy in Bergen, Norway.
Their work are socially critical with ambitions to break taboos and challenge how we perceive the world. Topics such as power structures, gender, body and mental health are consistent in their work. They aim to make the audience feel constructive discomfort and be able to put it in a larger context to see whats behind the structures and societal problems.
Midtsommer - Performance in Nygårdsparken 5.juni 2021
I welcome you to a day of traditional Swedish midsummer celebrations. The traditional food, drinks and maypole, presented in the distanced format we’ve become familiar with this past year. The mixing of this tradition usually associated with unity and social interaction and our new limiting circumstances, awakens a feeling of longing which I am excited to explore with you.
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PAB Local: BREAK(ing habits) is curated by Tanja Silvestrini & Madihe Gharibi
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Poster design by Atie Habibi
Open Call for PAB Local: BREAK(ING HABITS)
Saturday 5th of June, kl. 14:00-18:00
Bergen city centre (tba)
Application deadline: 16th of May, 23:59 (+1GMT)
Practical information
Last year, we experienced a collective trauma that drastically changed our collective behaviour. The changes are now integrated in our lives. They are not changes anymore, they have become habits. What do we miss from our past lives, and how can we activate this nostalgia?
For this PAB Local event we want to breathe life back into the city. We are looking for audience-oriented performance works that are situated at specific destinations in Bergen city centre. It could be inside a shop, on water, on top of a building etc. The selected performances will be presented as a part of a route that the audience can follow collectively or separately.
The proposed works should be durational or repeated throughout the duration of the event. We search for interactive pieces that inhabit playful and poetic relationships to their sites. How has the public space changed, and how can we remind the city of the habits that we took for granted? Keywords: playfulness, interactivity, journey, relations, happenings, stories, site-specificity
What is PAB Local?
PAB Lokal is a series of one-night-only performance events, where Performance Art Bergen presents its own members in various venues in Bergen. The selected artists/artist groups are offered a fee of 5000 kr for their work, in addition to photo documentation and promotion through PAB’s channels. This time we will choose 4 projects to be part of this event. Artist groups share the fee.
PAB Local: Break(ing habits) is curated by Tanja Silvestrini & Madihe Gharibi
How to apply?
Please send us one PDF (max. 5MB) that contains the following:
- A project description (max. 500 words) incl. the exact location of the performance
- 1-5 descriptive images
Mark the PDF with «your name_pab local»
The subject of the e-mail should be «Application Break(ing habits)»
Send it to post@performanceartbergen.no by 16th of May, kl. 23:59
Who can apply?
The Open Call for PAB Lokal is for members of PAB. However, you can apply first and become a member later. Groups where one or more artists are members are also welcome to apply. If you are not a member, you can apply for a membership here: https://www.performanceartbergen.no/en/about/membership/
What is Performance Art Bergen (PAB)?PAB is an organization for anyone interested in performance art. PAB strengthens and highlights performance art through projects such as PAB Open, PAB Local, PAB Open Session and other professional forums, workshops, festivals and international exchanges. We are based in Bergen, but also work both nationally and internationally.
OPEN CALL: PAB LOCAL IN STAVANGER
08-14 MARCH 2021 AT ROGALAND ART CENTER
Curators: Anne-Marte Eidseth Rygh & Hans Christian Van Nijkerk in collaboration with general manager Jane Sverdrupsen
We would like to invite contributions in the form of «performance made for video» engaging in the following topics:
Multicultural, Diversity
Play, Humor
Ambivalence, Intuition
Union, Rebellion
With regard to the ongoing pandemic and an attempt to guarantee the work will be shown, we focus contributions to the medium of video. The contributions will be shown repeatedly during the week and screened on one of the gallery windows facing the nearby square to provide viewing opportunities for passers by and small audience groups alike. We also want to invite participating artists to a live zoom conversation with the audience in the form of a speed quiz on a specific day during the exhibition. The curators and general manager at Rogaland Kunstsenter will also participate in the speed quiz.
Fee: A fee of NOK 5,000 is offered to participating artists. The application must contain: Text about your art and about the work you are applying for – a maximum of 300 words.
Technical specifications for video: duration 15 minutes max.
Full HD 1920 x 1080, saved as an mpeg4 / H264. Send a link to the uploaded video file to us. In case you experience technical issues, feel free to contact us and we will find a solution.
The event is for members of Performance Art Bergen - however this Open Call is open to everyone to apply to. Selected artists who are not yet members of PAB can register to become one in order to participate.
Registration opens January 17, at 1 p.m. Deadline is February 21st at 11:59 p.m.
Send the contributions to: post@performanceartbergen.no
ALT HAR SIN TID
"Everything has its time"
A performance event in and around Storetveit church
On the occasion of Storetveit Church's 90th anniversary, the congregation together with the association Performance Art Bergen (PAB) has the pleasure of inviting you to a unique art experience.
On Saturday 17 October, the audience can meet artists inside and outside the church where various performances will take place.
The event begins at 11.00 in the parish house with 3 short lectures that will provide informative perspectives on the church building, performance art and the passage of time.
INVITED MEDIATORS
Gunnar Danbolt, Professor Emeritus of Art History at UiB
Kurt Johannessen, visual artist
Sidsel Ellingsen; associate professor and responsible for further education in palliative care
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Henrik Koppen
The artist duo Frantzsen & Mjanger
Katarina Skår Lisa
Lizlot Frydenlund
Vilde Jensen
INVITED MUSICIAN
Jostein Aarvik, Organist in Storetveit church
The program ends at 15.00
Entrance ticket 100,- (FREE for members of PAB)
The event is conducted in accordance with current infection control rules.
Read more about the event and the artists here
With support from Bergen Kommune
OPEN CALL: ALT HAR SIN TID
A performance event in and around Storetveit Church 17 October 2020
Deadline: September 20th
This is an open invitation to our members where we are looking for an artist for PAB LOKAL in Storetveit Church.
We want a performative work for this edition of PAB local in or outside Storetveit church on Saturday 17. October with a duration of 2-3 hours. Fees are 4000 NOK. PAB will be a discussion partner and facilitator of your work within our financial framework.
THEME
The theme for the performance-event is closely linked to the church as a place for religious rituals - Storetveit church in particular because it has its 90th anniversary. The church in it self has a distinctive visual expression from detail to wholeness. The headline "Alt har sin tid"(Everything has its time) points to the pervasive and orderly function of time in life inextricably linked to our bodies and the world around us. Together with the curators Anette Friedrich Johannessen and Rita Marhaug, the individual will develop his work for a given place in or outside the church.
Read more about the event and our Open Call here (clickable link)
* The announcement to PAB local is reserved for members of PAB and PAO. However, you can also become a member after you have applied.
Send the application to: ritamarhaug@gmail.com
Mark the application with: Application PAB Lokal - Storetveit Church
The application should contain:
max 5 images of previous works
motivational text max. 350 words
CV
Combined in one PDF-document
The deadline for submitting project descriptions is 20 September 2020
FINSE CAMP 2020
PERFORMANCE MEETING BETWEEN PAB OG PAO
Invitation and sign-up for PAB / PAO Performance Camp at Finse
22. - 23. august 2020
Sign up before 15. June using this form https://www.performanceartbergen.no/nb/påmelding-finse-performancecamp-22-aug-23-aug-2020/
Finse Camp is a meeting between members of the two organizations PAB and PAO. On August 22, 2020, we will meet up at Finse to do performance together, and gather to eat, drink and talk about our what it means to perform. Finse Camp was held for the first time in 2014, and has since been held every other year, last time in 2018.
Finse Camp is a forum for testing artistic ideas in a magnificent scenery. The participants come from all over Norway, but most are based in Oslo / Akershus and in Bergen / in Western Norway. Because of this it is natural to meet in the middle - between the two cities, at Finse. Here we can work in various places in nature, and explore the landscape by the use of body and material. We encourage everyone be mindful of this: to chose environmentally friendly materials and to tidy up everything after the performances.
Finse Camp will be a bit different this year. This year the much-used Finsehytta is closed for renovation. As a replacement, DNT will open Brebua, a new cabin where one can book a bed in a common room. In addition, there is the ongoing coronavirus situation, which means that we must follow current guidelines. It is difficult to predict exactly what the situation will be in August, but all points towards going through with Finse Camp, with certain modifications.
PAB will rent the local cabin Finsebu to have a place to center around, and cook dinner. It is uncertain whether we can sleep many people together at the cabin due to the ongoing corona situation. Therefore, we would in advance like to encourage to sleep in a tent, or if the situation allows - at Brebua. For those who want, you can come a few days before and stay longer, if there is space in Brebua or one has a tent. We will focus on Saturday as the main day, to allow for the possibility of making Finse Camp a day trip.
Finse Camp will be mostly a self-catering event.
HOUR Bergen International Performance Festival 2020 (BIPF2020)
AT KUNSTGARASJEN BERGEN
28th February to 1st March 2020
Performance Art Bergen presented HOUR
curated by Pavana Reid
Participating artist for HOUR - BIPF 2020
Alastair Maclennan UK
Ana Matey ES
Andriy Helytovych UA
Béatrice Didier BE
Chomphunut Phuttha TH
Gustaf Broms SE
Ingeborg Blom Andersskog NO/SE
Ivonne Navas Dominguez CO/MX
Jan-Egil Finne NO
John Court UK/FIN
Mads Floor Andersen DK
Manuel Lopez ES
Marilyn Arsem US
Marta Bosowska PL
Niamh Seana Meehan IE
Nieves Correa ES
Olga Prokhorova RU/FIN
Rita Marhaug NO
Sajan Mani IN/DE
Sandrine Schaefer US
Sinead O’Donnell IE
Tanya Mars CA
Thomas Reul DE
Thomas Wells UK
More information here: HOUR BIPF 2020
OPEN CALL
HOUR Bergen International Performance Festival 2020 (BIPF2020)
Deadline: 15th December 2019
Dates: 28th February to 1st March 2020
Location: Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, Norway.
Performance Art Bergen would like to invite international artist to apply to participate in HOUR: BIPF 2020.
BIPF 2020 will take place at Kunstgarasjen in Bergen, Norway from 28th of February to 1st of March 2020. Curated by Pavana Reid, HOUR is a three-day performance art event, consisting of a 24-hour group performance followed by a one-day seminar.
The concept of HOUR is that 24 artists will migrate, interact and share time, space and materials over a 24-hour period. The artists enter performance space, one by one on the hour, every hour and remain in the space until the end of 24-hour period. The artist’s work together and finish the performance collectively. HOUR aims to examine the way artists use their artistic intuition to improvise, how they interact with each other and share materials in the limited space.
Performance Art Bergen (PAB) will provide the participating artist with an honorarium, accommodation and food during the festival. Travel expenses must be covered by the artist so we encourage you to apply for support where it’s possible.
The application must include:
- Artist statement written in English (max 250 words)
- Name / email / phone number / Country
- Link to website / blog etc
- Short biography written in English (max 250 words)
- 4 images of your works, containing tittle and year
- Specify your maximum work capacity within the framework of 24 hours.
Create PDF file and name it BIPF2020 - Open call - your name.
The PDF should not exceed 3 MB.
Application should be sent to: pab.bipf2020@gmail.com
For more information and questions please contact: pab.bipf2020@gmail.com
Reply to be expected: 25 December 2019
BIPF 2020 are conducted in collaboration and with support from: Performance Art Bergen, Nordic Culture Fund, Arts Council Norway, City of Bergen and Kunstgarasjen
OPEN CALL FOR MEMBERS OF PAB
TO BETWEEN SKY & SEA 2020: TEMPORAL HORIZONS
PLACE: NORDØYANE IN MØRE & ROMSDAL (Skuløy, Haramsøy og Fjørtoft)
DEADLINE: 1. December 2019
WHEN: 9. - 20. September 2020
Performance Art Bergen (PAB) would like to invite new and old members of PAB to apply for the sixth edition of the international performance art event BETWEEN SKY & SEA with the theme TEMPORAL HORIZONS - and will focus on the relation between time, landscape, body and affect. We will invite eight artists and give them a framework for working, two of the artists will be chosen from this open call. The event will take place during twelve days on Nordøyane (north of Ålesund), Norway, in September 2020, and consists of seminar, work and end with a public event. The format can be performance for a live audience, for camera and/or video.
Members of Performance Art Bergen can apply.
If you are not a member, this is a great oppurtunity to become one!
The application must include:
• A description of the artistic practice related to the theme (max 500 word).
• A portfolio, link to webside etc.
• A CV
• A short artist statement/bio (max 250 word).
In the seminar specially invited guest lecturers will present ideas around the theme and together we will explore this further in discussions and presentations both from the participating artists and lecturers.
The artists will be provided with the necessary resources to work in a collegial community. That is, access to high-quality photographers, transport resources and people with knowledge of local culture and nature. PAB will provide the invited artists with travel, accommodation and food during the stay. We also will pay you a fee. This we cannot quantify today, because it depends on the result of several applications, but we will inform you shortly.
PAB would also like to invite you to contribute in some way; this could be sketches, text or photos, to the forthcoming book BETWEEN SKY & SEA: TEMPORAL HORIZONS. This will take place in the autumn -21.
For more information, please contakt Terese Longva, e-mail: tereselongva@gmail.com
Application should be sent to: post@performanceartbergen.no
Please mark the application: Between Sky & Sea - open call - 2020
Reply to be expected: 20. December.
From PAB, Terese Longva and Rita Marhaug
The list of artists participating in
PAB OPEN 2019 is ready!
The following artists have been selected:
David Alræk, Kjartan Andersen, Sara Arenfeldt, Kelvin Atmadibrata ,Janne Aass, Sophie Barth/Schouskollektivet, Alexandra Bischoff, Else Karin Tysse Bysheim and Linn Monika Børresen, Samuel Brzeski, Agnes Btffn , Gillian Carson, Dany DeVero, Susanne Irene Fjørtoft, Haruka Fukao/ Yohei Hamada, Amy Guilfoyle, Bianca Hisse, Alexandra Holownia, Kurt Johannessen, Johan F Källman, Nina Bang Larsen, SANGHOON LEE, Tina Mariane Krogh Madsen & Malte Steiner, Vincenzo Fiore Marrese, Ilze Mazpane and Sanita Duka, James McIlwrath, Iivi Meltaus, Elisa Miravalles, Patrick Morarescu, Gisle Nataas, Tita Polderman, Lykourgos Porfyris, Eivind Reierstad and Alexandre Guimarãres, Dana Sederowsky, Tanja Silvestrini, Jasemin Telle, Álvaro Terrones, Dick Turner, Sarah Tzara Victoria, Siri Bertling Wiik and Salka Hellbacka.