compositions
Photograph: The floating sound installation from the work "Cod Connection" (foto: Anastasia Savinova)
Some selected works:
A concert length anti-fascist sangspiel for jazz orchestra and 2 sopranos
written for Motvindfestival, premier at Hotel Bristol, Oslo.
Solo work written for Jennifer Torrence.
Texts by manuel arturo abreu, part of the larger "Rot Society" collaboration with abreu.
Dialects of the Deep/Cod Connection
Installations and performances with sculptures made from wooden boats and the mating calls of cod fish.
A collaboration with artist Anastasia Savinova and scientist Rebekah Oomen.
Commission from Barents Spektakel and Only Connect (Ny Musikk). New version commissioned by Museum Nord.
Kunngjøringer fra Pariserkommunen
written for The Norwegian National Opera, with premier at Ultima 2022. Excerpts of this work have been shown at Brecht Tage 2021.
co-written with playwright Finn Iunker and Bernhard Bornstein, with video by Lesia Vasylchenko
written for Mikkel Fjeld Skorpen, premier at Dramatikkens hus 2017
co-written with playwright Finn Iunker
written for soprano Robin Steitz and John Andrew Wilhite
Collaborations:
An essay film that explores of how stolen value and the contemporary predicaments of AI technologies mirror problems wrestled with by Baroque thinkers. Film by Greyory Blake, music in collaboration with Ulla Straus. Produced by Huner Frances and Reading Group.
Also available as an album.
Yohei Hamada's "Push Pull Matters" is a dance performance with objects such as ropes and sticks. Inspired by Yuk Hui, the project explores the relationship between the body and technology across cultures. The project was produced by Carte Blanche.
Gold all in my veins/Sensing Landmarks
collaboration with choreographer Carima Neusser and visual artist Carola Uehlken. Multi-sensoric guided-tour-format work. Produced in three site-specific editions. At Outukumpu Old Mine, Finland, Suomenlinna (Nordic Culture Point), Finland, and Bergen Arkitekthøgskole, Norway.
Videos and sounds: