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CRY ME A RIVER – THE QUEST FOR THE SOURCE
on tour in Belgium and the UK
The performance is to be seen in 2020 at
NONA, Mechelen (BE), January 30th at 20:30
Kaai Studio’s, Brussel (BE), February 5th and 6th at 20:30
Laban Laurie Grove, London (UK) February 8th at 20:00 FEST EN FEST
Cambridge Junction, Cambridge (UK) February 11th at 20:00, FEST EN FEST
By: Karen Røise Kielland & Katja Dreyer / Scenography: Ole Martin Lund Bø / Composer and musician: Jessica Sligter / Light design: Ingeborg Staxrud Olerud / Dramaturgy: Marit Grimstad Eggen / Technician: Bjarte Blixt / Producer: Marita Skarseth Myrland
The tour and retake was made possible with the kind support of Fond for Lyd og Bilde, The Flemish Authoritiea and Performing Arts Hub Norway and The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Cry Me a River — the Quest for the Source
Cry me a River — the Quest for the Source premiers at Black Box Teater on 12 June and is showing on 13 and 14 June at 7pm.
Cry Me a River – the Quest for the Source started as an expedition to the source of the River Styx in Greece. In Greek mythology, Styx is the river that constitutes the border between the earth and the underworld. Achilles was dipped in it, Narcissus fell in love with his own image and drowned in it, the Gods swore oaths by it and memory disappears if you drink it.
Truth and origin do not exist as absolutes, but as longings within us. In their search for truth or answers, Karen Røise Kielland and Katja Dreyer go backwards in time to find the source. Through pictures, objects, motion and words, they reconstruct their journey along the Styx, their meetings with locals with stories about their relationship to the river and the myths linked to it. The performance will attempt to recreate the metamorphosis from a multicolored chaos to a silent and monochrome, almost muse-like, order.
By: Karen Røise Kielland & Katja Dreyer / Scenography: Ole Martin Lund Bø / Composer and musician: Jessica Sligter / Light design: Ingeborg Staxrud Olerud / Dramaturgy: Marit Grimstad Eggen / Technician: Bjarte Blixt / Producer: Marita Skarseth Myrland
The performance is funded by the Norwegian Arts Council, Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere and Flemish Authorities. Co-produced by Black Box Teater Oslo (NO), Kunstencentrum BUDA Kortrijk (BE) and Coproduction Kunstenwerkplaats Pianofabriek i Brussels (BE).
The book Å gå med Kølle by Karen Røise Kielland will be published by Oktober Forlag in June 2019
«Jeg ser ruta hennes for meg som en stripe i bakken, uavbrutt. Den strekker seg fra Ulvik via Bergen, Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Praha, Linz, Salzburg, Wien til Venezia. Kontinuitet og frihet, det er det jeg lengter etter langs bakken.»
Catharine Hermine Kølle gikk fra hjemmet sitt i Hardanger til Venezia i 1841. 170 år etterpå går forfatter Karen Røise Kielland i fotsporene hennes, følger hennes rute så langt det er mulig. Som Kølle trasker hun gjennom Europa uten mobil, internett eller musikk.
Å gå med Kølle er en illustrert reise gjennom et europeisk kulturlandskap. Samtidig er boka en reise i tid. På den ene siden gjennom Kølles dagboksskildringer, som fungerer som historisk veikart for fortelleren, og på den andre siden gjennom spor fortiden har satt i gjenstander, arkitektur og kunst. Boka er en original og fascinerende refleksjon om kulturhistorie og samfunnsutvikling, om avstand og hastighet før og nå.
