TEXTUAL PROLETAR
Exhibition project 2011
Choreography and paintings
by Kristine Øksendal
Performance by Magnus Myhr
Venue: Project space, Cort Adelersgate 33, Oslo, December 2011
"You possess a rare light which, in the 20 years I have been researching Humans, no Human have ever exhibited to me. Because of this light, now that I am no longer researching Humans, I accept from you the Sun and the Sea"
A. Artaud
The project explores parallel issues within the history of modern theatre, dance and abstract painting: ideas of utopia, individual freedom in relation to movement and concept as a starting point for gestures.
For this project there was produced a choreography for a live performance in collaboration with Norwegian dancer Magnus Myhr. Key element for this choreography is sonic material from the paining process transferred into dance.
The paintings are all made by spraying paint over found objects, these objects were later used as props in the performance.
The work refers to early European avant-garde, where painting and sculpture were combined with performance and sound-art.
on display:
Textual Proletar, choreography performed by Magnus Myhr, 15 min, 2011
Untitled, ink on paper, 70 x 50 cm, 2011
Proletarian Blue, tempera on canvas, 200 x 145 cm, 2011
Textual Proletar, choreography performed by Magnus Myhr, 15 min, 2011
Proletarian Diagonals, tempera on canvas, 190 x 140 cm, 2011
© Kristine Øksendal 2011
Installation view, Project space in Cort Adelers gt 33, Oslo, 2011
