2013 - Runesdatter

Song Circus & Oslo Sinfonietta with world premiere at the Ultima Festival

oktober 31, 2013

On September 7th, Song Circus premiered Landscape with Figures II, composed for us and the Oslo Sinfonietta by Ruben Sverre Gjertsen. The concert was performed at Dansens Hus in Oslo during the Ultima Festival. Here you can see pictures from the concert. The photographer is Henrik Beck.

Ruben Sverre Gjertsen has already made a name for himself internationally with several prestigious commissions. His works are characterized by a virtuosity on a micro level that twists expectations of how instruments and ensembles can sound. In his new work, Landscape with Figures II, the space is utilized in various ways, with musicians and singers placed around the audience, and electroacoustic sound distributed over a large speaker setup that fills the room and creates a three-dimensional landscape.

Song Circus

november 27, 2013

Song Circus www.songcircus.no is a Norwegian chamber ensemble consisting of five professional vocalists, led by Liv Runesdatter. The ensemble specialize in contemporary music and improvisation. Song Circus has established close and enduring relationships with several composers and creating artists. The ensemble has given life to an unusual and fascinating vocabulary of sound combined with rare musical precision, and their concerts have been broadcasted by radio- and TV stations in Norway and Germany.

Song Circus has achieved The Governmental Ensemble Work Grant 2012-2017 (NO). Their album Anatomy of Sound, presenting new classical music by Ruben Sverre Gjertsen (NO) and Ole-Henrik Moe (NO), was produced by multiple Grammy nominee surround sound producer Morten Lindberg i 2015. The album has achieved outstanding reviews and was nominated Norwegian Grammy.

Physical album and Pure Audio Blu-ray: https://shop.klicktrack.com/2l/1001457
All digital services: http://phonofile.link/anatomy-of-sound

VOCALISTS

Liv Runesdatter • Eva Bjerga Haugen • Ingeborg Dalheim • Stine Janvin Motland • Signe Irene Time

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Liv Runesdatter
liv@songcircus.no
+47 93243789

An EP with vocal excerpts and a film from the project Anatomy of Sound was released summer 2016:

Syng hjerte – Sing Heart

desember 28, 2013

20 years ago Liv Runesdatter stumbled across a small collection of old recordings. Hidden on them lay forgotten melodies from a small pietistic laymen’s movement that emerged in eastern Norway in the 1860s, and it marked the start of a passionate affair and study. Since then she has worked on her project Syng hjerte (Sing Heart) and delved even deeper into this rare music tradition. She has studied the songs and the stories behind them. Hours and hours have been spent in archives, pot after pot of coffee brewed in retirement homes, moving conversations and a surrogate grandmother…The Norwegian folk tunes are inseparable from Norwegian roots, tradition and thought. They can be compared to the tradition of Negro Spirituals, a fortifying draught in times of adversity and, in prosperity, an inspiration.

She seeks to let the past and the present melt together. The songs are embellished with life stories and tales, coloured by material from her own musical universe, and inspired from hoarse voices on creaky old recordings, nature, squeaking audiotape players, rooms, shapes, smells, sounds and people. The Norwegian traditional roots are evident, though impulses from other places and traditions can be traced.

Her solo cd «Syng Hjerte» (Grappa/Galileo) received outstanding reviews in international newspapers, magazines and radio shows:
The Dutch magazine Folkforum selected Syng Hjerte on their list of «Best international recordings » and writes «What a voice!».
«An important music project,challenging the Norwegian traditional music ﬁeld, both through Runesdatter´s voice performance andthe catchy and untraditional musical choices.» «What we hear is a heartfelt, personal music, with a rarecreative fantasy: Liv Runesdatter, remember her name. A certain voice, encircled by a powerfulensemble of musicians. The sound on the cd is experienced as clear and near, and I immediately recognize small details: crackling, air without sound/delay through the saxophones, a hint of splinteredbowstrokes.. It is blessed, it is cheerful and drifting, and it is heavy and refreshing at the same time. Itis imaginative art!» Kjetil Bjørgan, The Norwegian Broadcast.
«Runesdatter shows to belong to the elite of Norwegianmusic. Although her music breaths the Norwegian air, it also has something modern and unique. Hervoice is warm and has a natural peacefulness. It reminds of the ice cold traditional jazz of JanGarbarek, without being a copy of his style. When Runesdatter sings one of the many psalms on thisalbum, I feel the ancientness of these songs and when she is backed by the Hardingfele, she bringsthe dales of South-Norway to live.» FolkWorld, international music magazine.
«Herrlich mystisch, verdreht, abenteuerlich,verhalten. Runesdatters Stimme ist klar wie ein norwegischer Gebirgsﬂuss. So ein Projekt verdient Aufmerksamkeit. Soultrain, Germany.
«Liv’s voice throughout this recording is breathtakingly gorgeous and hymn-like.Syng Hjerte is both reverently soothing and exotically jarring, and well worth a listen.» Lori Gordon, UK.

Anonymia

desember 28, 2013

– art exhitibion: photographies, text and multichannel sound installations

With this exhibition Runesdatter (sound installations) and Urdal (photographies) tells stories about love, choice and trust. Whether to carry on a great sorrow one does not share with others. Anonymia is about self-image and others´ gaze. How do we want to be seen?

The exhibition tells stories about HIV, one of the greatest disease taboos of today. By studying people with and without this diagnosis the artists want to tell something fundamental about the human: About our need of forming our own identity and the stories about ourselves. To be allowed to obscure those aspects of ourselves that we do not want to be identified with. What conflicts arise when our need to be honest and gain acceptance for our weak and strong sides meet the need we have to protect ourselves and our families? And what happens to our self-confidense when we choose to break society´s taboo?

Landscapes with Figures

desember 28, 2013

Ruben Sverre Gjertsen’s (NO) prestigious assignments have already earned him international attention. His work is characterised by a virtuosity on the micro level that distorts expectations as to how instruments and ensembles should sound.

In his new work, Landscape with figures II, the room is used in different ways, musicians and singers are positioned among the audience, and electroacoustic sounds are conveyed via a large loudspeaker setup that fills the room and creates a three-dimensional terrain.

Landscape with figures is written for Song Circus, and is available in to different versions:

Landscape with figures II (70 min) written for Song Circus, Oslo Sinfonietta and electronics

Landscape with figures IIa (45 min) written for Song Circus and electronics

In this Norwegian interview Gjertsen speaks about “Landscape with figures” and his approach to composing music:

http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2012032009361766061341

Sari Gelin

desember 28, 2013

A prized Norwegian-Azerbaijani collaboration between a group of highly recognized musicians lead by the Norwegian singer and composer Liv Runesdatter and kamanecheh player Elshan Mansurov. Rare Norwegian folksongs meet the traditional classical music of Azerbaijan, the Mugam.

Liv Runesdatter – vocals

Ehtiram Huseinov – vocals

Elshan Mansurov – kamanecheh

Alfred Janson – accordion

Tuva Thomassen Bolstad – hardanger fiddle

Elekber Elekberov – tar

The Mugam tradition and traditional Norwegian folk songs are similar in that they both are vehicles for the perpetuation of the soul of a people. The two traditions have much in common. In terms of musical structure, they are different, but they are brothers in their expressiveness and in their dramatic qualities. Sari Gelin is a famous mugham and the title can be translated as «blond bride». The azeri-armenian story behind the song belongs to a tradition of tragic romance, and can be assembled with the european drama Romeo and Juliet. Mugam is an ancient living tradition and it is with a great sense of fascination and humility, as well as heartfelt respect for its poetry and performers that I embark upon this project.

Mugham orig. Azerbaijan is a tradition of vocal music practiced in Azerbaijan, with variations of different names found over a wide area of the Middle and Far East. Drawing on popular stories and local melodies, it is a highly expressive and narratively complex form of music. Because it is both improvisational and adherent to a highly nuanced set of rules, mugham is difficult to master and notate. Mugham songs are often based on ancient Azerbaijani poetry with recurrent themes of love and mysticism, and performances can last for hours.

Trevor Wishart Prosject

desember 28, 2013

A concert project with the intention of performing and showcasing the electro acoustic vocal music of Trevor Wishart.

The heart of the concert is the piece “Anticredos” written for 6 voices and multi channel sound design/electronic. The range of the composition is vast, both vocally and aesthetically speaking. The piece had it’s premiere in 1980, and it is based on a very detailed system of sound and notation published in the book “Book of Lost Voices” (1980). One can find this system in almost all of Wishart’s vocal compositions. “Anticredos” is both vocally demanding and musically very complex and for that reason it has been performed only a handful of times. At the same time the music speaks to us all, with it’s fascinating soundscapes and strong contrasts. Song Circus has since April 2009 performed the piece on several occasions, amongst others at the contemporary music festival PGNM in Bremen, which was broadcasted on the radio (Radio Bremen/Nord-Deutsche Rundfunk). Song Circus has also participated on Wishart’s free improvisation program together with The Kitchen Orchestra in Stavanger.

And from “Anticredos” we move towards Wishart’s current electrophonic sound universe. “Encounter in the Republic of Heaven” is a multi channel electro acoustic surround piece where Wishart works with phonemes as a musical phenomena in combination with storytelling. The material is based on recordings of people of all ages, speaking in different dialects and with different individual expressions, freely telling stories. Act 1 of this piece had it’s world premiere in July 2010 and the second act had it’s world premiere in May 2011.

These two pieces combined provide an insight to the development of Wishart’s compositions through the last 30 years, as a pioneer within the electrophonic music and the exploration of the voice as a basis for sound:

How has his approach to language and voice changed? In what way has he evolved as an electrophonic composer? and how have the technical challenges and the development of new electrophonic equipment influenced and affected his music?

Trevor Wishart (UK) (b. 1946) has been a pioneer within electronic music, vocal music and academia since the early seventies. Wishart is currently associated with the Durham University as Arts Council Composer Fellow. Wishart has also developed musical software that has been and still is being used by many electrophonic music performers today.

SONG CIRCUS & OSLO SINFONIETTA PRESENTING GJERTSEN AT ULTIMA

november 27, 2013

The premiere of ”Landscape with Figures II” took place on the 7th of September. «Landscape with figures is a concert piece written for Song Circus and Oslo Sinfonietta. The venue for the performance was Dansens Hus in Oslo, during one of Scandinavia’s premier festivals for contemporary music, www.ultima.no.

Song Circus is performing a related piece by Gjertsen on the 16th of March 2014.

We consider Gjertsen to be one of the foremost Nordic contemporary composers. Rubens website.

In 2014 we will start recording works by Trevor Wishart and Ole-Henrik Moe. This is music we have been working on for a long time and they have become two of our signature pieces. We will also record a brand new piece by Ruben Sverre Gjertsen. The recording will be released by Lindberg Lyd / 2L.

About Lindberg Lyd / 2L:
2L emphasize surround sound with Pure Audio Blu-ray and HiRes file distribution, and have garnered no less than 14 American GRAMMY nominations since 2006. Nine of these in categories “Best Engineered Album” and “Best Surround Sound Album”.

Song Circus is thankful to the Norwegian Arts Council for supporting us.

Concert pictures from Ultima, by photographer Henrik Beck:

27th of October

The design office Werksemd (Nina Elisabeht Børke) has developed our new design profil. And our new websites are made by Jonas Ersland. We love it!

www.songcircus.no

Listen to Song Circus: https://soundcloud.com/song-circus

25 of October

I have just finished a tour with «Den Kulturelle Skolesekken». 20 concerts for children in Rogaland.

The 23rd of September was the first premiére of my new concert piece: “Dette er verda”, at Maskinhallen / Tou Scene. What a joy! «Dette er verda» was commissioned by ICORN and a part of Kapittel, Stavanger International Festival of Literature and Freedom of Speech.

http://www.kapittel.no/program/urpremiere-dette-er-verda/

The 14th of September was the grand opening of Stavanger Consert Hall. I performed “Lydsafari”, composed by Nils Henrik Asheim:

http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/rogaland/1.8322900

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyN0vku_hCI

20th of September

Welcome to the first premiére of “DETTE ER VERDA”

Kapittel 12 concludes with a musical and poetic world premiere: a newly written concert work by the award-winning composer and singer Liv Runesdatter, with lyrics by Mansur Rajih (Jemen / NO).

Vocalist and composer: Liv Runesdatter.
Benju: Abdulrahman Surizehi.
Lyrics: Mansur Rajih.
Saxophones: Inge Breistein.
Cello: Ilmari Hopkins
Accordion, keyboards and percussion: Henning Rød Haugland.
Bass: Roar Skjelbred.

15th of June:

«Anonymia» was exhibited at Bryne Kunstforening in January and February.

We had a great cooperation with the curator and head of Bryne Art Association, Karin Sunderø. Journalist Leif Tore Sædberg wrote an very nice and insightful article for the newspaper «Jærbladet», and art critic in Stavanger Aftenblad, Trond Borgen, wrote a great review. You are welcome to read more about «Anonymia» under «Projects».

June

It is going to be a busy autumn. Here are some of my favourite upcoming concerts:

2nd of September: Song Circus Concert at Skur 2, Stavanger. Music by Cage and Cardew. Arr. CARMA Contemporary Art Music & Dance.

13th & 14 th of September: Opening the new Consert House in Stavanger. Impro-based music by the Norwegian composer Nils Henrik Asheim for The Kitchen Orchestra with guests. Arr. Stavanger Concert House.

23rd of September, Kapittel Stavanger International Festival for Literature and Freedom of Speech: First premiere “Dette er verda”. Music by Liv Runesdatter. Text by Mansur Rajih. Prod.: ICORN International Cities of Refuge Network. Musicians:

Vocalist and multi instrumentalist: Liv Runesdatter. Benju: Abdulrahman Surizehi. Poet and voice: Mansur Rajih. Saxophones: Inge Breistein. Violin: TBA. Piano, accordion and percussion: Henning Rød Haugland. Double bass: Roar Skjelbred.

1st – 23rd of Oktober: Tour «Latinamerikanske Eventyr» in Rogaland. Arr: Den Kulturelle Skolesekken.

18th of November, Skur 2 Stavanger: Consert Song Circus and Kari Rønnekleiv. Music composed by Ole-Henrik Moe og Trevor Wishart. Arr. Ny Musikk Stavanger.

17th, 19th. and 20th of November: Song Circus mini tour in Oslo, Trondheim and Bodø. Music by Ole-Henrik Moe and Trevor Wishart. TBA.

26th – 30th of November: Skápmajienat – sapmi music meets norwegian traditional music. Concerts in Finnmark, Finnland og Rogaland. Ulla Pirttijärvi, Liv Runesdatter, Frode Fjellheim with ensemble. Arr. Scene Finnmark.

7 th – 9th of Desember: Song Circus & Ruben Sverre Gjertsen Project in Bergen. TBA.

25th of Desember: Chamber music in St Petri Church, Stavanger.

5th – 6st of January, Stavanger Art Museum: The Art Conference “Sound of a Cage”. Arr. CARMA Contemporary Art, Music & Dance

February 2012:

2011 has been a very good and productive year, with lots of concerts and with the first premiéres on four new productions. I have had the honour of receiving the National work grant from the Arts Council Norway (2011).

My chamber ensemble Song Circus has presented several new productions and performed pieces by composers such as Trevor Wishart, John Cage, Christian Wolff og Jaap Blonk. We have been teaching vocal workshops and we had two first premières: «Hat Piece», with music created for the exhibition of modist (hat maker) Kirsti Nordberg Moes. And the lavvo concert production «MembrainCity». We have been rehearsing the beautiful and complex microtonal vocal piece «Persefone Perceptions», by the Norwegian composer Ole Henrik Moe. (Première summer 2012.) Our main project this year and next year is the development and first performance of a new piece written for Song Circus, Oslo Sinfonietta and electrophonics, by the Norwegian composer Ruben Sverre Gjertsen. In 2013 Song Circus is releasing our first cd with music by Wishart and Moe.

Song Circus has achieved the prestigious national «ensemble stipendium» from the Arts Council Norway (2012). We are grateful and excited about the opportunities this offers!

«MembrainCity» was an interdisciplinary concert and workshop program dedicated to the themes: sustainability, ecology and innovation. For the occasion, a Sami tent was constructed outside of Tou Scene. Among the contributors were professional biologists, geologists, farmers, chefs, engineers, and a multidisciplinary artist panel. The project was curated by CARMA (by Liv Runesdatter) and Randy Naylor, and was presented in Stavanger in August 2011.

The 1st of December was the premiere of «Anonymia», in the crypt of St Petri Church. Anonymia consisted of two multi-channel sound installations (Liv Runesdatter), a text piece (Runesdatter) and two projected photographic series (Signe Christine Urdal). The project was developed and is now exhibited at Bryne Art Center (21 January-26. February). The exhibition has attracted great attention and reviews.

The 2nd of Desember was the première of «Skápmajienat – Lyd i mørketid», Finnmark’s annual celebration of the mid-night sun (Aurora Polaris). The production was based on music by three key Norwegian and Saami musicians & improvisers: Liv Runesdatter, Frode Fjellheim and Ulla Pirttijärvi. The music was newly assigned to the project and the artists expressions were closely integrated. The sacred, the spiritual perspective of musical presence, was a key for this year’s project. Other contributing musicians are strings instrumentalists from the Ensemble Noor, Harald Devold (saxophone), Michael Kontochristus (percussion), Asbjørn Ruud (guitar) and Marianne Halmrast (bass). This year’s production has received great receptions in Finnmark, with sold-out concerts followed by very good reviews. In May 2012, the production is on the road again, with concerts in Finnmark and Rogaland.

October 2010:
28th – 30th of October: Attending WOMEX, Copenhagen.
I am a participant at the Norwegian WOMEX stand. You are most welcome to visit!

September 2010:
SOUND OF A CAGE – art conference and five days concert marathon with «Song Circus»
Song Circus: Liv Runesdatter, Anita Kaasbøll, Eva Bjerga Haugen, Rønnaug Bakke, Maria Norseth Garli, Signe Irene Time. Special guests: Else Olsen Storesund (prepared piano), Sigyn Fossnes (violin), Jonas Rogne Skartveit (conductor), Marit Sandsmark (dancers, coreographer), Pål Asle Pettersen (electrophonic music), Iversen / Bjerga (electrophonic music).

May and July 2010:
SARI GELIN WITH PREMIÈRE AND CONCERTS,
AZERBAIJAN STATE PHILHARMONY AND SHEKI 1ST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL.
LIV RUNESDATTER AND ELSHAN MANSUROV WERE PRIZED BY THE AZERI GOVERNMENT.

June 2010:
SPOR – TRACES, PASSIONS KIRCHE BERLIN, GERMANY.

26th of Desember 2009:
Folkforum.nl has chosen «Syng hjerte» to be one of the finest cd´s of the year 2009.

The review (folkforum october): Among new Scandinavian releases I´ve chosen Liv Runesdatter with the fascinating and quiet cd «Syng hjerte». The album sounds distinctive, exciting and subdued. What a voice! She is a true promotor of Norwegian tradition, but it is also «improvisational music in it´s heart». Her solo debut gives the accordion and the Hardanger fiddle an important role, but also two saxophones, played by biggies from the Norwegian jazz and improvisational music: Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Trygve Seim. But instead of technical «showoff» the cd offers dreamily caresses. Have a listen to the traditional lyrical interpretation of «Jeg har en venn». Listen to track 2 on Womex (womex.com)

Super-nice review of «Syng hjerte» in FolkWold issue #40! http://www.folkworld.eu/40/e/cds.html
The second album in this review is Syng hjerte by singer Liv Runesdatter. It’s her first solo album, but she is far from unknown in her home country. She has been part in many projects and her work has been awarded several times. She studied, and sings, chamber and early music and collaborated with national and international known artists in many genres. Runesdatter shows to belong at the top of Norwegian music. Although her music breaths the Norwegian air, it also has something modern and unique. Her voice is warm and has a natural peacefulness. She search for simplicity in her music, like in Jeg er nå så glad which is a duet between her voice and the subtle saxophone played by Rolf erik Nystrøm. It reminds me of the ice cold traditional jazz of Jan Garbarek, without being a copy of his style. When Runesdatter sings one of the many psalms on this album, I feel the ancientness of these songs and when she is backed by the Hardingfele, she brings the dales of South-Norway to live. Two albums from Norway, two solo debuts and two albums that are worth having in your CD collection.
Eelco Schilder: Reviewer, Author. (Based in Malden, Netherlands. Contributor to Dutch folk magazine New Folk Sounds)

18th of October 2009:
September and the first two weeks of October has been both busy and fun. In September I visited Orkdal, a small village one hour away from Trondheim. The local chamber choir Cantilena performed a choir composition of mine and we played a concert at Orkdal Culture House with «Syng hjerte». We stayed at the historical hotel Bårdshaug Herregård, a very beautiful small hotel with a long history.. Different and fun was the collaboration with the Deutch artist Jaap Blonk a week later. My vocal ensemble Song Circus was invited to work with him and to perform his piece «Frictional». A fascinating and inspiring experience. Others? Folk Music Mass in Revheim Kirke together with my fiddle player Tuva Bolstad and organ player Anne Mundal, performing at The National day of Norwegian Heritage, producing the program for Forum for freelance musicians and New Music, premiere and two concerts together with saxophoneplayer Inge Breistein (new music piece based on a dance from Våler), developing new projects, rehearsing, collecting/ recording folk songs in Eastern Norway…

On the 28th of October I am leaving for Copenhagen and Womex, and in November I wil stay in Germany, going on a one month promo-tour with «Syng hjerte». In Berlin I will also meet the Norwegian photographer Per Christian Brown, one of my favourites among young Norwegian artists, collaborating on the next Song Circus project.

Song Circus (contemporary music for 6 voices) on myspace: www.myspace.com/songcircus
Syng hjerte on myspace: www.myspace.com/livrunesdatter

11th of August 2009:
It has been a wonderful summer! The Olsok-tour and the concert at Vikedal Roots Festival was among the best moments this year. In Olsok the Norwegians are celebrating the St. Olav («King Olav the sacred»). King Olav Tryggvason (995-1030) is the most well known Norwegian religious crusader. Concerts sold out, and a beautiful audience..

This autumn I am engaged to write music for a video- and sound installation made by the Norwegian artist Eli Glader. First premiere 2010 at International Festival of Literature, Kapittel (Chapter), a Norwegian festival celebrating literature and freedom of speech. I am also engaged to make music inspired by drawings, installations and paintings by the artists Snøfrid Hunsbeth Eiene and Ingrid Toogood Hovland. Premiere october the 8th in Stavanger Kunstforening.

In october I am also travelling to Baku, Azerbajdsjan, to play concerts together with my wonderful accordion player Alfred Janson and folk musicians from Baku.

The solist ensemble Cantilena will perform three of my choral works in Trøndelag in september, and in Nowember I am lucky to have an «artist in residens» stay in Berlin, promoting my cd in Germany and composing new music. I am also attending Womex this autumn, the most important international professional market of world music, located in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Persefone

desember 28, 2013

“Persefone Perseptions is written by the Norwegian composer Ole-Henrik Moe, for five female voices and an orchestra of wine glasses. The piece is a detailed study of vocal sound surfaces and micro tonality.”

Ole-Henrik Moe (1966) has studied violin and composition in Oslo and Paris, as well as biophysics, cognitive science and musicology at the University of Oslo. Moe works as a composer and violinist, and he has made music for concerts, dance, theatre and film. As a violinist Moe has a rather unique technique in his playing, and he works with a great number of genres and expressions – for instance he has cooperated with the Norwegian rock band Motorpsycho and Magne Furuholmen from a-ha. Moe has been awarded prices for his compositions, and in 2007 the Norwegian Grammy Award (Spellemannprisen) was awarded for a recording of his works, Ciacconna / 3 Persephone Perceptions, with the violinist Kari Rønnekleiv. Ole-Henrik Moe was nominated to The Nordic Council Music Prize in 2012.

Passage

desember 28, 2013

– a film and sound installation by Eli Glader (film) and Liv Runesdatter (music/ sound) A commition for Sølvberget Gallery, with première under «Kapittel 10», Stavanger International Festival for Literature and Freedom of Speech, September 2010.

A portrait of asylum seekes in transit. Voices in different languages and dialects are abstracted and intergrated as rythmic, melodic and textural elements along with glass percussion and string instruments. The music is composed as a quadrophony (with four sound sources). The respected journalist Trond Borgen wrote a wonderful review, published in Stavanger Aftenblad: «A quiet humanism: Young asylum seekers waiting in quiet isolation and human dignity (…). A music track appears in the room: a sound composition created by Liv Runesdatter. It s suggestive and helps to reinforce the soft, poetic atmosphere. The result is strong: visually, aesthetically, politically, emotionally.»

Liv Runesdatter – concept of music and sound, Eli Glader – concept of film, Jon Garcia de Presno – film editing, Eirik Bekkeheien – sound engieneer

This music excerpt is from the opening of the movie: An old white building surrounded by a beautiful green landscape gradually appears on screen. It used to be a sanatorium for mentally ill people, and today it is hosting immigrants applying for asylum. The classic architecture, the clean, white walls and the shape of the building stands in contrast to the people as they slowly appears on the picture…