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Sun / 23.08 / 20:00
Mon / 24.08 / 20:00
Tue / 25.08 / 18:00

Duration: 80`
Ticket: Piletid eelmüügis Piletilevis ja kohapeal 5 EUR -> Buy
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SAAL Biennal 2015:
MARKUS ÖHRN /Niskanpää-Berlin/ Bergman in Uganda
NB! At Kanuti Gildi SAALis (Pikk 20)



In Uganda, a new kind of folk storyteller has emerged in recent years: veejays. These are people who work in makeshift cinema halls in slums and remote villages. Their art consists of directly translating movies – usually Hollywood blockbusters – for the local audience. Swedish artist Markus Öhrn came up with the idea of showing the films of Ingmar Bergman in this particular cultural context. With his back to the big screen, Öhrn filmed the narrators issuing words and explanations of the complex introspections on European culture and lifestyle that are so emblematic of Bergman’s work. How does one watch "Persona"(1966) in the shantytowns of Kampala today? Not without irony, Markus Öhrn allows the European spectator to see how the African viewer looks at him. A confusing reversal that induces us to reflect on our own perspective.

Markus Öhrn is a Swedish artist who works with video installations and performance. In his video installations, he often works with existing material. With the theatre groups Nya Rampen and Institutet, in his performances Markus Öhrn starkly explores the mechanisms of repression in a middle-class family. He does so with his very personal aesthetic: the actors perform in a closed box, while a live camera broadcasts the image to the audience and keeps the action at a distance. With their first collaboration performance "Conte d’Amour," they were invited to Avignon festival, Impulse festival, Berliner Theatertreffen and others. His last work "Azdora" premiered in Santarcangelo dei Teatr festival 2015.

 

www.markusohrn.org


Concept, camera, editing by: Markus Öhrn
Film: Ingmar Bergman "Persona" (1966)
Translation: Kenneth Barongo
Subtitling: Stuart Braun
Production: Markus Öhrn, Swedish Subterranean Movie Company
Supported by: Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brüssel; Swedish Arts Grant Committee, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam; Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburgplatz, Berliin

In English.

 

NB! Artist talk on August 24th after the performance at Kanuti Gildi SAAL. Led by Laur Kaunissaare (in English).

 

 


Tickets for SAAL Biennaal 2015:

Single tickets bought in advance until 10th of August for 10/14 EUR, from 11th of August 12/18 EUR.

NB! Tickets bought in advance until 10th of August for “Partita 2” by ANNE TERESA DE KEERSMAEKER, BORIS CHARMATZ, AMANDINE BEYER are 11/14/20 EUR depending on the seat, and full price 14/18/25 EUR from 11th of August; tickets can be purchased from ticket centres Piletilevi or Piletimaailm and at Estonian National Opera's box office (open every day 11:00-19:00 except from June 21st till July 26th).
-concession -50% for pupils, students and pensioners
-for groups every 21st ticket free if purchased at the Opera's box office (phone 683 1210) or online at estonia@opera.ee
-only one concession at a time!

Tickets for the staged tour by KRISTINA NORMAN, CHUNGIN, DORIS FELDMANN & KRISTINA-MARIA HEINSALU, performance “House Music” by FLO KASEARU & RIINA MAIDRE and the movie installation “Bergman in Uganda” by MARKUS ÖHRN are 5 EUR.

Limited amount of 4 show passes are available for 30/42 EUR only if purchased on or before August the 10th (entry to 4 shows excluding “Partita 2” and the 5 EUR shows).

Single tickets and 4 show passes are available at Piletilevi ticket centres (a service charge 0.60€ per ticket will be added) and at Piletilevi online shop. Tickets can be purchased on site in cash half an hour before the start of the show, provided there are seats available.
- Discounted tickets on site for pupils, students and pensioners upon presenting ID.
- Latecomers will not be let in.
- The shows are not suitable for children, unless otherwise stated.
- The organizer has the right to make changes in the program.

 



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