The interactive performative installation at ILLU on October 17–19 with dancers at 4:30 PM and 5:30 PM.
The Whisper of the Sea is an activist project about global climate change. An interactive, performative installation at the intersection of art, dance, music, and light design.
Based on a dialogue with Indigenous peoples from Greenland, Brazil, and Scandinavia about ecology, multinaturalism, and animism, the entire concept of the installation is to dissolve cultural myths about the climate. Melting ice and flooding are explored in a performative, poetic space.
How can the overwhelming consequences of climate change be understood in a way that resonates with the individual?
Melting Ice: A meditative space showcasing a dialogue between the iceberg and the human.
Inspired by Greenland.
Flooding: A cyclical space that illustrates the interconnectedness between the human and the wave.
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves.
As a spectator, you are invited into an installation to experience the melting ice and flooding in the space through the effects of light, music, speech, and movement. Duration: 30 minutes.
You will witness some of the most highly recognized artists from the Nordic region and Greenland.
Performing dancers: Alexander-Montgomery Andersen and Jon Ole Olstad.
Choreographer and concept: Birgitte Bauer-Nilsen
Visual artist: Marianne Grønnow
Lighting design: Jesper Kongshaug
Composers and musicians: Carsten Dahl and Nils Henrik Asheim
Musician: Aviaja Lumholt
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/994978782/cc93e7152c
The Whisper of the Sea will be shown without dancers on October 21–24 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at ILLU.
Supported by: Augustinus Foundation, Nordic Council of Ministers, Knud Højgaard Foundation, Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund, Danish Arts Foundation, William Demant Foundation, and ILLU.