HOUR
Bergen International Performance Festival 2020
Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
28.2 - 1.3 2020
Performance ongoing for 24 hours

Program:
Opening: Friday February 28th: 17.45
Performance start Friday February 28th 18.00
continue 24 hour to 18.00 on Sunday February 29th.
Seminar: Sunday March 1st: 14.00 - 18.00

HOUR is a performance art, collective encounter which 24 artists from Norway, Nordic and international countries migrate, interact within and share time, space and materials over a 24 hours period follow by one day seminar. HOUR is curated by Pavana Reid for Performance Art Bergen.On Friday 28th February at 18.00, artists enter the shared space, one by one, on the hour, every hour and remain in the space for the 24 hours period. The artists perform together and will end the performance collectively at 18.00 on Saturday 29th February.

Participating artists:
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

Photo documentation from HOUR is further down.
You can read more about the artists on our instagram: @performanceartbergen

Among the audiences, students from Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen (KMD) will take part in a writing workshop “Witness” Experiential Writing: text as a means to document performance which organise by Eleanor Clare and Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen.

Sunday 1st March at 14.00 Kurt Johannessen will open the seminar with a lecture performance. Followed by talks from Sylvie Ferrè, Øyvind Kvalnes, and Douglas Park where they will share their experience of the performance HOUR. Marilyn Arsem and Alastair MacLennan will talk about time, followed by reflections from each of the participating artists. Eleanor Clare, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen and the students from KMD will give a presentation of their experience.

PROGRAMME: HOUR: Bergen International Performance Festival 2020

Friday 28th and 29th February: Performance Art
17.45 Opening
18:00 The Performance HOUR starts when the first artist entering the gallery space, followed by an additional artist every hour, until the performance ends at 18.00 the 29th of February.

Sunday 1st March: Seminar
14.00 About Real Time and Constructed Time a lecture performance by Kurt
Johannessen.
14.45 The official observers of HOUR/TIME Sylvie Ferrè, Øyvind Kvalnes, og
Douglas Park will talk about the performance focusing on the topic of: time.
15.45 Artist talk; 100 Ways to Consider Time by Marilyn Arsem and About
Time by Alastair MacLennan. Followed by reflections by the participating artists.
17.45 Presentations by Lilibeth Rasmussen, Eleanor Claire and students of
KMD, UiB.
18.00 Closing av the festival. Dinner - all invited.

The seminar is intended as a meeting place between the artist and audience with room for discussion and exchange of experiences.

Here is documentation from:
HOUR
Photo: PAB:BIPF2020 official photographer

HOUR BIPF 2020 is supported by:
Nordic Culture Fund, City of Bergen, Arts Council Norway, Kunstgarasjen, Hordaland County, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen (KMD) and H. Westfal-Larsen og Hustru Anne Westfall -Larsen´s Almennyttige fond.

Photo: PAB:BIPF2020 official photographer
Artists in documentation:
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