Traces of a Stone (CoSA)
By LATERNA //
Marianne Skjeldal and Inger-Reidun Olsen
October 14th 2018 at Interkulturelt Museum (IKM) in Oslo.
The artitsts Jassem Hindi and Mia Habib invited the artist duo LATERNA to share from their project and practice which has many common points with their project Stranger Within.
During Stranger Within at the IKM gallery,
LATERNA re-visits memories and traces of their meeting with the renowned Áhkánjárstábba. They research new ways of befriending stones, searching for ways to involve the audience. The artists invite the audience to meet with the stone and other stone bodies – inside the gallery space.
In June 2017 LATERNA created a performance in collaboration with LOCUS, Robert Steijn and Kvalsund Kommune / Stallodagene.
For days, five artists sat together with an ancient stone, Áhkánjárstábba, known as the Stallo in Kvalsund, a bauta-like stone that was a Sami sacrificial place in pre-Christian times. They talked and sang for it. They slept, dreamt and had conversations beside it. On the day of summer solstice, they celebrated the stone together with people from the local community and visitors from afar. In this performance, the stone and the place itself became the point of departure – A portal into learning more about the local history, the people and their stories.
“The landscape. I am a guest, a stranger, in this landscape. It is barren, cold, misty and sometimes very sunny and bright, on the edge of turning into spring, but still lingering in cold humidity. The stone. How to befriend the stone? It is the stone which gives me a feeling of coming home in this landscape. The stone is the centre point of my attention, and from this centre point I will open up more to the environment.”
- Robert Steijn
LATERNA consists of Inger-Reidun Olsen and Marianne Skjeldal, both choreographers and performers, coming from a dance background. LATERNA works with performance in various formats, with geographical places, materials, objects, sound and actions connected to their overall artistic research, performative and spiritual practices. LATERNA was established in 2011, as a nomadic porous unit, based in Oslo, Norway.
By LATERNA //
Marianne Skjeldal and Inger-Reidun Olsen
October 14th 2018 at Interkulturelt Museum (IKM) in Oslo.
The artitsts Jassem Hindi and Mia Habib invited the artist duo LATERNA to share from their project and practice which has many common points with their project Stranger Within.
During Stranger Within at the IKM gallery,
LATERNA re-visits memories and traces of their meeting with the renowned Áhkánjárstábba. They research new ways of befriending stones, searching for ways to involve the audience. The artists invite the audience to meet with the stone and other stone bodies – inside the gallery space.
In June 2017 LATERNA created a performance in collaboration with LOCUS, Robert Steijn and Kvalsund Kommune / Stallodagene.
For days, five artists sat together with an ancient stone, Áhkánjárstábba, known as the Stallo in Kvalsund, a bauta-like stone that was a Sami sacrificial place in pre-Christian times. They talked and sang for it. They slept, dreamt and had conversations beside it. On the day of summer solstice, they celebrated the stone together with people from the local community and visitors from afar. In this performance, the stone and the place itself became the point of departure – A portal into learning more about the local history, the people and their stories.
“The landscape. I am a guest, a stranger, in this landscape. It is barren, cold, misty and sometimes very sunny and bright, on the edge of turning into spring, but still lingering in cold humidity. The stone. How to befriend the stone? It is the stone which gives me a feeling of coming home in this landscape. The stone is the centre point of my attention, and from this centre point I will open up more to the environment.”
- Robert Steijn
LATERNA consists of Inger-Reidun Olsen and Marianne Skjeldal, both choreographers and performers, coming from a dance background. LATERNA works with performance in various formats, with geographical places, materials, objects, sound and actions connected to their overall artistic research, performative and spiritual practices. LATERNA was established in 2011, as a nomadic porous unit, based in Oslo, Norway.
Photo: André Wulf