PORTRAIT OF MRS. ALVING (2022)

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An abstract portrait of Mrs. Alving from Ibsen’s Ghosts. Finding my way into the story of Ibsen’s Ghosts the character and storyline of Mrs. Alving caught my attention with her many layers. A many-faceted character that is just as modern and sharp now as she was then – with four stages of character development “caught” into four chapters of video in my audiovisual installation.

Commissioned by The JEDL Theatre Company, Czech Republic, 2022, as part of the project Play Ibsen! Theatre Play with Accompanying Programme, supported by the EEA Grants 2014-2021.

The installation was part of and the entryway to the opera IBSEN project – an experimental opera directed by Jan Nebeský with music composed by Matouš Hejl and libretto by Lucie Trmíková (who also played Mrs. Aving in the opera).

Installation view – Ung Nordisk Musik Reykjavik @ Galleri STAK – Reykjavik, Iceland

Presented:

2022 December 12 – PULS concert, arranged by Audiorama and EAU – Fylkingen, Stockholm
2022 September 15 – Mezinárodní festival Divadlo Plzeň Tyla Nová scéna – Plzeň, Czechia
2022 September 9 – Švandovo divadlo – Prague, Czechia
2022 August 15-20 – Ung Nordisk Musik Reykjavik @ Galleri STAK – Reykjavik, Iceland
2022 June 26 – Divadlo Antonína Dvořáka – Ostrava, Czechia
2022 June 13 – Gabriel Loci – Prague, Czechia
2022 April 10-12 – Gabriel Loci – Prague, Czechia

Credits:

Commissioned by: JEDL Theatre Company
Curated by: JEDL Theatre Company
Funded by: EEA Grants 2014-2021
Premiere: 2022 April 10 – Gabriel Loci – Prague, Czechia

2 channel video on plastic foil and 4 channel sound
8:10 min

Concept: Tine Surel Lange
Choreography, composition, video: Tine Surel Lange
Dancer in video: Veronika Tőkőly
Lights in video: Miriam Čandíková
Photos: Tine Surel Lange

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