Opera
Bachelor project 2021, 28 and 29 April
Scenography for the one-year programme, in the Academy of Opera at Khio, on the spring production on the 28th and 29th of April. This project has allowed me to lean towards the direction of theatre and set design and away from my original field as interiorarchitect.
The title of my project, "A place to see", is taken from the ancient Greek word theatron and which is the literal translation. The word is based on what the spectator sees, a place for the audience and the visual. (-Liddell and Scott 1989)
My project emphasises basic principles in scenography and art. My process are balancing on a common thread via the human and the oversized scale. I chose to express a scenic room within opera. In opera, I have the opportunity to break boundaries and create larger forms than in other scenic contexts.
In the model, photographs, light and process video, I take you on a narrative journey. Here I show a room that problematizes classic opera settings, stereotypes and the use of materials. I want to question who the protagonist is, gender roles and the dynamics between the characters. Therefore, I have chosen to create an organic (feminine) form and a strict/functional (masculine) form. These shapes can rotate and move to create different spaces on the stage.
Director: Lars-Harald Maagerø
Costumedesigner Thomas Espeland
Operaacademy in Oslo, årsstudenter
Tutor : Carle Christian Lange
Bachelorteacher : Isak Holtan Wisløff
Assistent with silk : Carmen Schützmann
Theatre production:
Inspecient : Jan-André
Scenmästare : Ragnar
Smedja : Atle
Snickare : Anders
Målarmästare : Olivier
