Asfaltpuls - PARANOIA SOM FAEN I SOLNEDGANG
Where do you go if all roads look the same? What are you reaching for, if everything you reach for is moving away from you? And where do you find hope if no one tells you it exists?
In the performance Asfaltpuls we meet five free-spirited characters who are all struggling with their own lives. But the lines run through the group like raw, sparkling text delivered by a common organism. They draw the audience into a real and honest train of thought, both in words and movement. We are placed standing around the actors as a frame, and everyone gets their own experience of the story, depending on where they are in the room. The actors play with a common rhythm and invite the audience to feel the pulse of asphalt, paranoia as hell at sunset.
The gang: "I shouted! No one came!"
Boy: "I looked around for the friends I had let go"
The girl: "but they were gone....they and"
A selection of M. H. Hallum's words and texts have been turned into intertwined stories, conveyed through an absolutely fantastic interaction between five people. This is a performance about young lives in motion, and the feeling that "there is no one to talk to". Throughout the play, the phrase "we still have 100 years to go" keeps coming back to us, both as a question and a statement. These words help to put the rest of the script in an incredibly exciting and special perspective. Because no matter what's happening right now, no matter how alone we are, we still have 100 years left, for better or worse.
"I think that the performance asfaltpuls is a reflection of growing up on the outskirts of the big city, with secrets, lots of darkness, daring dreams and the shattering of the norms we are all trapped in. This is Norwegian poetry and performing arts that really made an impression on me. The play lasts just under half an hour and can be enjoyed by people of all ages, but is perhaps best suited to the 12+ age group.
The script is based on the texts Urban Legend and Reconstructions by Malfrid Hovsveen Hallum. The play is directed by Mine Nilay Yalcin.
Written by Amelia Gomez Snerte