Tori
03.09.2009 @ Landmark 21:00
One-Night Stands – What to do with this possibility
Tori Wrånes & ROLLO (NO)
Norwegian artist Tori Wrånes (b.1978) combines theater, sculpture and soundscapes into breath taking performances with a surreal state of mind. Together with her band ROLLO an eclectic scenery will take place in Landmark by the means of a saw, a piano, a voice, a computer, a figure and an accordion.
ROLLO recently released their debut cassette(!) FABEL TAKE AWAY at the te2rb company. Somewhere in the borderlines of dark Balkan-pop and psychedelic folk music, ROLLO continuously dodge definitions of style and genre by renaming themselves and changing their onstage line-up. This Thursday ROLLO will be formed by the Italian sound artist Simona Barbera and the Norwegian composer Jan Erik Mikalsen.
Apart from being an artist Tori Wrånes has a background as an actress and a musician. Her performances has been presented in galleries, theatres and concert venues such as Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst (w. REKORD) (NO), Agder-Teater (NO), Le Nouveau Casino (Fr), Palais de la Découverte (FR), SXSW 2007 (US), and Canadian Music Week 2007 (CAN). Tori has been tutored by Meredith Monk and Sidsel Endresen among others, and have had several collaborations with actor and writer Olav Benestvedt. Selected projects and exhibitions includes Pattedyret, Avgangsutstillingen Stenersenmuseet 2009, Zombie Atlantic, Rekord 2009, Kullfløyel, Bethanien Kunstraum Kreutzberg Berlin Nov. 2008, Hello Glossalolia, UTKANTEN, UKS Oct. 2008, Perfomance-polaire, Palais de la Découverte, Paris Sept. 2008, Under Himmelrota, Horisonter og Fragmenter, Stavanger Kulturhovedstad 2008, Inni Pattedyret/Tvilende Rovdyr, Astrup Fearnley museet for samtidskunst, Rekord 2008, Glefsende sovende utenfor tiden med en kake i munnen, in collaboration with Olav Benestvedt, UKS/ Black Boks, Perform 2007, Paris 2007, Tori Wrånes is also represented in the collection of Preus Museum.
Jan Erik Mikalsen is a young composer currently living in Oslo, Norway. He has studied at the Grieg academy in Bergen, Norway with Morten Eide Pedersen and at the Royal Danish Music Academy in Copenhagen, Denmark where he had teachers such as Bent Sørensen and Hans Abrahamsen. Mikalsen has had a number of pieces performed by orchestras, including several world premieres by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Stavanger/- and the Norrköping symphony orchestra, the Sibelius-academy/- and the Kristiandsand symphony orchestra and by the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Please learn more at www.janerikmikalsen.com
The art works of Simona Barbera aka Stark Vision of the Morning are based on the integration of sonic art and electronic music, in form of sound/visual installations and live performances, emphasizing the matter of sound in relation to the space. Barbera lives and works in Oslo and Genova, Italy. Originally trained as a classical pianist and composer Barbera studied at the art academy in Milan before attending the Masters programme of fine arts in Oslo. Selected performances just this year includes the Music Museum of Bolgna, Spazio Polaresco in Bergamo, Gestalt Project in Berlin, and AnyWay Gallery in Genova. Learn more at www.simonabarbera.com
Tori Wrånes´ performance contained a sculptural element that was made in collaboration with artist Christian Hennie. www.christianhennie.com