Just Clap Anyway
Artist Talk / Performance at Open Forum
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Curated by: Amelia Hawk
October 6th 2014
«Training»: instruction, teaching, coaching, indoctrination.
Alternate meanings: exercise(s), working out, preparation.
«Idrett» – comes from the Norse word «Id», meaning occupation or activity, and «Drott», meaning power, strength or stamina. Originally this referred to all forms of highly distinguished skill, including music, poetry and runic writing.
Transforming Kunstnernes Hus into an athletics track and concert stage Hans Christian van Nijkerk will perform a range of works from his performance repertoire. Nijkerk will literally «show, don’t tell», seeking to boldly explore through improvisation where no performer explored before. Direct audience feedback is integral to Nijkerk’s performance work, he often brings his ideas into the public and develops them in front of and together with an audience. Attempting to push the envelope of his own work by operating outside of his comfort zone, he will challenge the audience to step out of their own comfort zone.
Alternate meanings: exercise(s), working out, preparation.
«Idrett» – comes from the Norse word «Id», meaning occupation or activity, and «Drott», meaning power, strength or stamina. Originally this referred to all forms of highly distinguished skill, including music, poetry and runic writing.
Transforming Kunstnernes Hus into an athletics track and concert stage Hans Christian van Nijkerk will perform a range of works from his performance repertoire. Nijkerk will literally «show, don’t tell», seeking to boldly explore through improvisation where no performer explored before. Direct audience feedback is integral to Nijkerk’s performance work, he often brings his ideas into the public and develops them in front of and together with an audience. Attempting to push the envelope of his own work by operating outside of his comfort zone, he will challenge the audience to step out of their own comfort zone.
Photos by Amelia Hawk