Tree Talks
By LATERNA // Marianne Skjeldal and Inger-Reidun Olsen
Tree Talks is an artistic practice that is part of CoSA – Concerning the Spiritual in Art project.
From 2018-2022 through all four seasons we have visited four old, prominent and venerable city trees in Oslo. Through meditation and other methods, we have spent time with and dialoguing with each tree.
LATERNA invited four other artists to joun them in their practice, one artist for each tree; Ingvild Langgård/Margrethe Pettersen, Terje Tjøme Mossige, Fernanda Branco and Pernille Bønkan.
Based on the ‘conversations’ with each tree, we developed four different performative works, as a respons to each tree. The performances was shared with an audience.
The visual artists Sara Rönnbäck and Daniel Slåttnes did their own practice with one of the trees throughout the period and developed artworks that was shared during LATERNAs festiavl Hidden Connections - Visible Ecologies at Black Box teater in Oslo, in 2022.
LATERNA is Inger-Reidun Olsen and Marianne Skjeldal. Tree Talks seek out to find alternative entering points to choreography. Their practice strives to allow something to occur – rather than always focusing on producing, and to experience a different spending of time and deeper listening.
Supported by Arts Council Norway
Photos: LATERNA
By LATERNA // Marianne Skjeldal and Inger-Reidun Olsen
Tree Talks is an artistic practice that is part of CoSA – Concerning the Spiritual in Art project.
From 2018-2022 through all four seasons we have visited four old, prominent and venerable city trees in Oslo. Through meditation and other methods, we have spent time with and dialoguing with each tree.
LATERNA invited four other artists to joun them in their practice, one artist for each tree; Ingvild Langgård/Margrethe Pettersen, Terje Tjøme Mossige, Fernanda Branco and Pernille Bønkan.
Based on the ‘conversations’ with each tree, we developed four different performative works, as a respons to each tree. The performances was shared with an audience.
The visual artists Sara Rönnbäck and Daniel Slåttnes did their own practice with one of the trees throughout the period and developed artworks that was shared during LATERNAs festiavl Hidden Connections - Visible Ecologies at Black Box teater in Oslo, in 2022.
LATERNA is Inger-Reidun Olsen and Marianne Skjeldal. Tree Talks seek out to find alternative entering points to choreography. Their practice strives to allow something to occur – rather than always focusing on producing, and to experience a different spending of time and deeper listening.
Supported by Arts Council Norway
Photos: LATERNA
