ISLAND, A SITE SPECIFIC AND HUMAN SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG

• Main Author: Önnudóttir, Steinunn Hildigunnur Knúts
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Performing Arts; Work Island; Iceland; Hrísey
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2151576f-3d26-488a-897f-2bed02ef0174; https://portal.research.lu.se/files/162360414/book_of_abstracts_final.pdf

ISLAND, A SITE SPECIFIC AND HUMAN SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BELONG (VIDEO ESSAY: 22 MINUTES)ABSTRACTThe video essay disseminates the work Eyja (island), a site specific, participatory performance from autumn 2020 performed in Hrísey an Island off the north coast of Iceland. Island is a part of an artistic research project: How little is Enough? Sustainable Methods of Performance for Transformative Encounters. The project is inspired by the challenge an artist must rise to in the face of a global crisis, what some call the sixth mass extinction. How to make meaningful art and how to interact in an intelligent, resourceful and responsible way with our society in different cultural contexts? The aim of the research is to explore sustainable methods of creating transformative encounters with an audience through participatory and site-specific artworks, with a particular focus on how minimal and sustainable the framework for the encounter can be. At the heart of the research is the question of “How Little is Enough?” in order to create transformative experiences for the audience through site specific and participatory methods and dramaturgies. The question refers to the reduction of the overall production and an increased attention to what already exists. The research draws upon audience experiences and affect theory to develop methods and artistic formats that invite participants to render their own experiences, personal stories and emotions as the central content of the work. Island is a contemplative performative experience on what it means to belong. The challenges of the Hrísey reflect the global challenges of current times. The settlement on the island has been categorised as being vulnerable, where life and lifelihood is fragile and different measures have been put into place to strenghen the home settlement. The work is created with the participation of the inhabitants of Hrísey that together with the artists prepared the island for guests that through the performance are invited to ...