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TRIPTYCON* is a collection of three solo works that marks Jonas Øren’s fascination for idealization: It portrays the desire to be something else – something unattainable.
“Someone must see me so that I can be possessed by whoever sees me”
Luce Irigaray (Belgian-born French feminist, philosopher, linguist, psycholinguist, psychoanalyst, and cultural theorist) writes in “Invisible of the Flesh”.
Together, the works marks Øren´s entrance into a praxis using movement, dance and choreography as a way to investigate self-performance and how bodily references, quotations and mirroring defines, builds and marks identity. The dance works deal with personal as well as general understandings of (bodily) ideals – and what opposes them – objectification, glamourisation and queer performativity strategies.
*The term tryptich– triptycon – refers to an artwork that can be displayed as a single piece or opened to reveal three parts.
Heliogabalus (2020):
The body of decadence is explored through the story of the Roman emperor Heliogabalus, also known as Elogabalus. Crowned at the age of 14, his reign is more known for pleasure than politics, making him a hero of the decadent movement in the 19th century, spearheaded by Oscar Wilde. Heliogabalus was able to make up his eyes, remove his hair and wear wigs before prostituting himself. And in a soft and melting voice he made exhortations to those who passed by.
The solo is based on fantasies about the queer emperor. In this work, ideas from FAUN are continued, but it has been taken out of the two-dimensional relief form and made even more pompous, posed and theatrical with dance attributes and affect. This depicts the breaking point of friendship – the over-ripe; the blink of an eye just before rotting starts, where the fruit tastes best and most. It also represents a climax.
Based on the harp kithara, Tormund Vea creates fanfare-like music, inspired by Handel’s coronation music, developed into musical motifs and rhythms from the folk-dance tarantella. The music is approaching the breaking point between over-ripeness and decay, and the musical motifs begin to crack. With a minimalistic approach to the music, the repetitive quotation of musical motifs reflects a maturing process that is coming to an end. Heliogabalus was originally created for Teaterfestivalen i Fjaler in 2020.
Concept, dance and choreography: Jonas Øren, Music: Tormund Blikra Vea, Re-admission supported by Fond for Lyd og Bilde