[stageproductions]
und• er |ˈəndər| |ˌʌndə| re• alˈrē(ə)l| |ri(ə)l| |riːl|
[videoworks]
a city is a body (I am a city)
[scripts and texts]
und• er |ˈəndər| |ˌʌndə| re• alˈrē(ə)l| |ri(ə)l| |riːl|
[videoprojects based on performances]
mad (2001)
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The performance is based on The Grassmarket Project /Jeremy Weller's project from 1992. The narrative is constructed around an audition for people who have an experience of mental illness. The performance only uses excerpts of Weller's text, and the meeting between this material and the performers in the show - who were not trained, but very talented young actors - resulted in a production that confounds the borders between the actual and the representational situation. The performance raised a lot of attention when performed in Stockholm in 2001, and during the different context-specific performances in Norway 2001-2003.
The filming of mad resulted in a material which blurs the line between documentary, film and documented performance.
Concept and direction: Goro Tronsmo
Based on texts by Jeremy Weller/The Grassmarket project
With: Liv Mjönes, Sara Turpin, Julia Zyto, Dan Haeberlein, Johan Rödin, Zandra Eriksson, David Valentin and Harald Lönnbro
Photo: Per Heimly
The performance is supported by Svensk-Norska Samarbetsfonden.
The film project is supported by Arts Council Norway