Agency of Things
EDUCATION
2020-2022
Master in Scenography
Norwegian Theatre Academy
2013 - 2016
Bachelor in Design Culture
Southern University of Denmark
2011-2012
Studies in Theology (latin)
Copenhagen University
WORKS
2024
Work in progress showing
"FormBodyMaterials"
Bodø2024
Bodø, Norway
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Ice Wet Festivalen
Studio Kaien, Bergen Danssenter, Norway
Premiere
"Retorisk Selvforsvar"
Kloden Teater
Oslo, Norway
Premiere
"The Weather Report"
by Convoi Exceptionnel
Bora Bora
Århus, Denmark
Tour
"The Weather Report"
RAS - REGIONAL ARENA FOR SAMTIDSDANS, Norway
Tour
"The Weather Report"
Dansekapellet
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tour
"Push Pull Matters"
Sulistjelma & Nordlandsmuseet
Bodø, Norway
Residency
"FormBodyMaterials"
ArtLab: Davvi - Senter for scenekunst, Norway
Talk
"New Artistic Touring Innovations" with Elle Sofe Company & Art Reach
Journeys Festival International
Leicester, United Kingdom
Residency
"FormBodyMaterials"
SPRANG, Ål Kulturhus, Bærum Kulturhus
Ål, Norway
Residency
"FormBodyMaterials"
Carte Blanche
Bergen, Norway
Showing
"FormBodyMaterials"
Oktoberdans
Bergen, Norway
Scenography
"You're Somehow Connected" - the film
Premiere: Nordic Music Days
Glasgow, Scotland
2023
Costume
"Orgeldrømme #4"
by Lil Lacy, David Bendix Nielsen & Vertigo
Sankt Markus Kirken, Denmark
Costume
”Møter i Varanger Landskap
- poetisk samtale og møte med arv og forsoning"
by Katarina Skår Lisa,
Kunstbanken Hedmark, Norway
Scenography & Costume:
”Push Pull Matters” by Yohei Hamada
BIT teatergarasjen, Norges Fiskerimuseum, Bergen, Norway
Concept, Scenography & Score:
"Walking, Talking Minerals"
Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space
Holešovice Market, Prague, Czech
Consultant:
"PAS" by Compound
Aveny T, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scenography:
”Himmelrike & Helvete” by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
director Anna Sharko, Kunsthogskolen i Oslo, Norway
2022
Scenography & Costumes:
”Trouble in Tahiti” by Leonard Bernstein
director John Wilkie
Den Fynske Opera & Operaen i Midten, Denmark
Costumes:
”REtransLATE” by Mirte Bogaert
Studio USF Bergen, RAS & Black Box Teater
Ultima festivalen, Bergen, Stavanger, Oslo, Norway
Scenography:
”you’re somehow connected”,
PASSAGE festival, CLICK festival, Kulturværftet, Denmark
Concept, Scenography & Costume:
”Walking, Talking Minerals”
Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scenography & Costume:
”Cocoon”
Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
Concept, Scenography & Costume:
”Walking, Talking Minerals”
Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
Visual & Gastronomic Scenography:
”Twisted Skins, Distorted Realities. A symposium”
Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
2021
Concept, Scenography & Costume:
”Walking, Talking Minerals”,
Meteor International Theatre Festival, Palmera Gallery, Bergen, Norway
Tour Manager:
”For Ever Four Seasons”
Ice Hot Nordic Dance, Konepaja Vallila Stage, Helsinki, Finland
Audio Scenography:
”REVERB - Architecture of memory”
Our Grusome Cultural Herritage research programme,
Latvijas Jauna Teatra Instituts, Riga, Latvia
Concept, Design & Scenography:
”Shi”
Hydrogenfabrikken, Fredrikstad, Norway
2020
Visuel Design & Production:
”you’re somehow connected” by Lil Lacy
Århus Musikhus, Denmark
Graphic Design:
”Under Overgang”
Forlaget Antipyrine
Museum Ovartaci, Århus, Denmark
2019
Exhibition Design;
”Global Goals World Cup - Journal”
UN Week 2019
Hudson Yards, New York, USA
Design, Art Direction & Project Management:
”Global Goals World Cup - Europe”
BLOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scenographer:
”TV-Prisen 2019”
at Ampd
Tivolis Congres center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scenographer & Project Management:
”Chr. Hansen fair”
at Ampd
Hannover, Bangkok, Deutschland
2018
Scenographer:
”AQUA tour”
at Ampd, Denmark
Scenographer:
”Zulu Awards Festival”
Ampd, TV 2 & Drive Studios,
Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
Design & Project Management:
”Roskilde Festival Train Station”
by DSB at Ampd
Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Design & Project Management:
”Mad Max bar”
at Ampd
Copenhell, Denmark
Stage Production:
”Tryl”
Copenhagen Opera Festival,
at Ampd
Royal Danish Opera House, Denmark
Stage Production:
”Zulu menneskekender”
at Ampd by Snowmann Productions
Nordisk Film, Denmark
Project Manager:
”Sommerhuset”
Danmarks radio,
DR BYEN, Ampd, Copenhagen, Denmark
Exhibition Production:
"Husk Mit Navn”
BIG art
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Cph, Denmark
Exhibition production
”Change Yourself”
by Jeppe Hein, Ampd
Heartland Festival, Egeskov Slot, Denmark
Visual Production:
”BLAST Pro Series”,
Ampd
Ülker Sports Arena, Istanbul, Turkey
RESIDENCIES
2024
ArtLab, Davvi - Senter for scenekunst, Norway
SPRANG, Ål Kulturhus, Bærum Kulturhus, Ål, Norway
Carte Blanche, Bergen, Norway
2023
Dance Base Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
Lademoen Kunstverksteder, Trondheim, Norway
Vitlycke Centre for Performing Arts, Vitlycke, Sweden
Davvi Senter for Scenekunst, Hammerfest, Norway
TALKS, PANELS & WORKSHOPS
2024
Talk: New Artistic Touring Innovations with Elle Sofe Company & Art Reach
Journeys Festival International, Leicester, United Kingdom
Showing: FormBodyMaterials
Oktoberdans, Bergen, Norway
Work in progress showing: FormBodyMaterials
Bodø2024, Bodø, Norway
Work in progress showing: FormBodyMaterials
Ice Wet Festivalen, Bergen, Norway
2023
Talk & presentation: "FormBodyMaterials"
Yokohama Performing Arts Meeting, Japan
Talk & presentation: "FormBodyMaterials"
Dance Base Yokohama, Japan
Mentor & Workshop "Together"
The Royal Danish Academy, Denmark
Talk: "Immaterial Material" with Jakob Oredsson
Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design & Space, Czech
Talk: "Performing Scenographer"
Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design & Space, Czech
Workshop: "Agency of Things#02 - Performing Objects"
The Norwegian Theatre Academy, Frederikstad, Norway
2022
Workshop: "Agency of Things#01 - Carrier Bag Theory"
The Norwegian Theatre academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
Seminar: "Twisted Skins - Distorted Realities: A Symposium"
The Norwegian Theatre academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
2021
Workshop: "The Fetish Academy"
How can fetishized objects function as a catalyst for decolonial processes?
The Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway
2019
Panel: "The connection between Global Goal 5 – Gender Equality – and Global Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities"
SAP Next-Gen Lab, Hudson Yards, New York
2018
Panel: "Herstory Arena. A new gender equality narrative"
Danish Architecture Center, BLOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
Talk: Morgen DAC: "Ligestilling i byens rum"
Danish Architecture Center, BLOX, Copenhagen, Denmark
PUBLICATIONS AND PRINTS
2019
“A tangible contribution to promoting the implementation of the Global Goals” - GGWCup and Hestia FC at the reception for the EU Delegation at the UN during the UNGA74
2023
PQ Catalogue 2023
The Catalogue of Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space 2023.
2019
GGWCUP Journal
2019
Birger Christensen - REMAIN
2015