Performance Art Bergen proudly presents;
HOUR: Bergen International Performance Festival 2020
Performance art and one day seminar at Kunstgarasjen
Friday 28 February: 17.45
24 hours group collective performance
28 February: 18.00 continue to 18.00 on 29 February
One day seminar
Sunday 1 March: 14.00 - 17.30
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 hour 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 hour
period. The artists perform together and will end the performance
collectively at 18.00 on Saturday 29th February.
12 artists have been invited to participate in BIPF 2020 and 12 artists have been selected through an Open Call:
Alastair Maclennan, Sinead O'Donnell, Thomas Wells, Niamh Seana Meehan, Manuel Lopez, Nieves Correa, Marilyn Arsem,Chomphunut Puttha, Tanya Mars, Ivonne Navas Dominguez, Sandrine Schaefer, John Court, Olga Prokhorova, Mads Floor Andersen, Gustaf Broms, Thomas Reul, Ingeborg Blom Andersskog, Béatrice Didier, Andriy Helytovych, Ana Matev, Sajan Mani, Marta Bosowska, Rita Marhaug, Jan-Egil Finne.
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.
On
Sunday1st March at 14.00, the seminar begins with About Real Time and
Constructed Time a lecture performance by Kurt Johannessen. Follow by
Reflection a panel discussion which Sylvie Ferrè, Øyvind Kvalnes,
Douglas Park, Eleanor Clare, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen and Kurt
Johannessen will share their experience with the 24 participants and
audiences of the performance HOUR. The seminar will finish with short
presentations by the students.
HOUR BIPF 2020 is supported by:
Performance Art Bergen, 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 Almennyttigefond
