Wunderland (DK)
Twisted Forest – A Human Imagination Game
Venue: Røgen Præstegårdsskov in Favrskov Municipality.
About the performance
Wearing a protective suit, you are led through bushes, over tree stumps, down slopes, very close to bark and grass. TWISTED FOREST goes off the trails and manifests itself in invisible zones scattered throughout the landscape. You only realize that you are in a zone when you enter it. In some zones you meet performers who challenge your immediate perception of the place and open up darkened facets of your senses – well aided by the ingenious anatomy of the forest. At other times, your group finds its own direction and is invited into experiences via the GPS-based soundscape.
TWISTED FOREST and its inhabitants want to interact with you, they see your potential. You are trained to hone untested senses, control your organs and your skeleton with the goal of raising your imagination to a new level.
PRACTICAL
Dates: Weekends from August 20th to September 11th. (as well as for schools, colleges etc. Thursday / Fridays)
Hours: 12:00 and 15:00 on weekends
Duration: The performance lasts approx. 2 hours L
anguage Danish Age group: from 15 years and up
Accessibility: the performance is unfortunately not for people that has difficulties walking, as it takes place in hilly terrain outside the paths.
Venue: Røgen Præstegårdsskov in Favrskov municipality.
Transport: 35 min from Aarhus by car – or by bus 114 from Rutebilsstationen, and flextrafik the last stretch (order no later than 2 hours before departure)
Ticket price: DKK 135 + ticket fee
Dress: wear good shoes that may get dirty and wear clothes after the weather (you will get a suit over your clothes, but wear clothes that you can move in).
Performance times
Saturday August 20, 2022 12:00
Saturday August 20, 2022 15:00
Sunday August 21, 2022 12:00
Sunday August 21, 2022 15:00
Saturday August 27, 2022 12:00
Saturday August 27, 2022 15:00
Sunday August 28, 2022 12:00
Sunday August 28, 2022 15:00
Saturday September 3, 2022 12:00
Saturday September 3, 2022 15:00
Sunday September 4, 2022 12:00
Sunday September 4, 2022 15:00
Saturday September 10, 2022 12:00
Saturday September 10, 2022 15:00
Sunday September 11, 2022 12:00
Sunday September 11, 2022 15:00
About Wunderland (DK)
Wunderland’s artistic director is Mette Aakjær and Wunderland co-creates the works with international artists from different disciplines – performance, sound art, poetry, visual art, dance etc.
Wunderland seeks a radical dissolution of the hierarchy between intellect and bodily intelligence. Wunderland has been working with immersive, highly bodily participatory and interactive performances since 2007. Wunderland often work in partnerships such as MOMU (Moesgaard Museum), ARoS Art Museum, Reykjavik Arts Festival, Bora Bora and others, and with projects developing in different locations and in different countries over several years.
“Wunderland is awarded for inviting the audience into their own adventure, where boundaries must be crossed and resistance broken down to reach goals. For a strong language that bombards the body’s sensory apparatus and a consistent staging that challenges the audience’s perception. As well as for combining the ‘dry’ interactive technology with a sensory-saturating experience that sticks in the memory long after you have left the experience. “ (quote from awarding of previous performance, Statens Kunstfond)
A Nordic project
The project is a Nordic project where we work across national borders and collaborate with local associations in the further development of the project. Twisted Forest must be further developed and played in the forests: Ballebjerg on Samsø (April-May 2023), Hide on Gotland, Sweden (June 2023) and Heiðmörk near Reykjavik, Iceland (August-September 2023).
Credits
Artistic director and performer: Mette Aakjær – DK
Author / poet, co-developer of concept, dramaturgical consultant: Sonja Winckelman Thomsen – DK
Composer: Thoranna Bjornsdottir – IS
Visual artist / set designer: Sigrid Astrup – NO / DK
Costumes and mask designer: Amanda Axelsen-Sigaard – DK
Co-creative performer and co-developer of concept: Helga Rosenfeldt Olsen – DK
Co-creative performer: Sara Vilardo – DK
Co-creative performer: Lindon Shimizu – FI
Co-creative performer: Molly Nyeland – DK
Co-creative performer: Nina Tind – DK
BMC teacher (dancer and performer): Mari Mägi: – EST
Dramaturgical consultant: Sarah John – AUS/DK
Dramaturgical assistant: Lotus Lykke Skov – DK
Costumes and scenography assistants: Aiva Roga – LV, Lilla Turca – HU, Talita Oliveira – BR & Ana Mora – ES
Workshops in Wunderland’s method: Trine Vinther Sørensen DK
Event and knowledge sharing coordinator : Nemo Victor Hensing – DK
Testaudience manager: Jonas Løvstrøm Borgensgaard – DK
PR og SoMe: Esben Staugaard – DK
PR-assistant: Maja Munk Johansson – DK
Production manager and administrator: Kathrine Kihm – DK
Assistant to Production manager: Kirstine Hoelgaard Pedersen
Nordic Producer: Mette Aakjær – DK
Researcher and Producer Samsø: Trine Vinther Sørensen -DK
Producer Gotland: Nemo Victor Hensing and Jens Friis-Hansen
Producer Iceland: Murmur – IS
Many thanks to the supporters:
Nordisk Kulturkontakt
A.P Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til Almene Formaal
Bikuben Fonden
Favrskov Kommunes Kulturinitiativer
LAG Randers-Favrskov
Favrskov Kommunes Landsbyråds aktivitets- og projektpulje
Wilhelm Hansen Fonden
Aarhus Kommunes Kulturudviklingspulje
LAG LLSAE
Samsø Kommune