n.waves is an installation exploring the desolate expanse of the north with drones, tones and field recordings from nature.

Using 8mm, their previous installation about the unique rise of landmass in the High Coast region of northern Sweden as a departure point, n.waves is an immersive sound and video environment that reworks this northern narrative.

Originally conceived as a work about the post glacial rebound and changing northern landscape of a 16 mile long coastal line, the soundscape and video created both a suggestive historic narrative and an ambient reflection of the soft and aggressive changes of this unusual landscape.

n.waves has been specially commissioned for Northern Stages, and in this new installation the manipulated video further explores ideas of coastal landshift, the desolate expanse of the north, temporal changes and shifting movements in the nature and the landscape.

The 5.1 surround sound uses a variety of sound recordings from nature; birds, thawing of ice, ripples of water, but also space recordings from the NASA archives. Most of the sounds are treated electronically but in this new version it is juxtaposed with tonal sounds from an orchestral sinfonietta creating a dialogue with the electronic soundscape.

In collaboration with Pelle Kronestedt.

Follow the creation of this work here.

Peter Norrman is a video artist, filmmaker and installation artist. He is a frequent collaborator with the award winning cross-media company The Builders Association designing video for the stage and exploring contemporary media in the context of architecture, performance, and the moving image.(Xtravaganza (2002) Invisible Cities (2006) and JETLAG (Obie Award, 2000).

He created and designed film and video for Latitude 14’s Red Fly/Blue Bottle and TINDER (EXIT Arts Festival, Creteil 2009, Noorderzon, Holland 2009). He is a recipient of: a STEIM residency (Holland); 3 NYSCA Individual Media Awards (2000, 2003, 2005); Honorable Mention, Environments Category, I.D Magazine (2004); and an Aurora Gold Award for Independent Film and Video (2005).

He showed SCAN, a large-scale outdoor video installation as an invited artist for Capital of Culture 08, Liverpool (2008), and has been collaborating with David Byrne on the song cycle/DVD Here Lies Love (2010). His live video installation, 45 Steps, appeared in the River to River festival (NYC, 2005), his video Building was shown in conjunction with the Gothenburg Film Festival (2005) and he created a permanent video installation about land rise at High Coast museum, (Sweden, 2007). He is an invited artist for Terminal Convention an art & symposium project at the old Cork International Airport, Cork, Ireland (2010-11). Co-founder, Latitude 14

 

Leif Jordansson is a composer, sound artist, musician and performer who lives in Stockholm, Sweden. Has been writing music for theatre, ballet and film since 1985 for productions in Sweden, Norway, Italy, USA, and Great Britain.

He has worked with directors such as: Mick Gordon (UK), Ted Shank (US), Patrick King (It). Since 1999 he is also artistic director for the experimental orchestra ”The Great Learning Orchestra” who played music by Gavin Bryars, Terry Riley, Erik Satie and Lou Reed.

Recent productions: ”Those half hidden” (film by Simon Kaijser da Silva), ”Icy Riders” (film by Bengt Löfgren)”The High Coast” (video installation by Peter Norrman and Per Kronestedt) and ”Otto” (dance theatre choreographed by Benno Voorham). Since 2009 Leif has released a number of CD’s and digital releases with instrumental music. ”De halvt dolda” (Those half hidden), ”The Comet” and ”The doll maker” on brus & knaster and ”Miniatures”, ”Inter-view”, ”Music for movements” as digital releases by Playground music Scandinavia.

Currently, Jordansson is working with a dance theatre version of the H.C. Andersen piece ”The little mermaid” for The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and music for a new film by Simon Kaijser da Silva. .

When is it happening?

5 October 2010

Where is it happening?

Stage 3

What makes this project Northern?

exploring a northern landscape through sound and video

Ticketing Information

Free