Credits: Karin Enzler
OBSESSIONS. how to get closer. Gedanken zu einer Arbeit mit oblivia
1. ANNÄHERUNG AN EINEN BEGRIFF Als wir mit der Recherche anfingen, habe ich sofort nach einer Begriffsdeutung gesucht: was bedeutet Obsession? Wie verwende ich den Begriff, wie die anderen, was sind die Unterschiede? Erstaunlich dabei fand ich, dass es offensichtlich… Read moreCredits: Marie Daniels
Obsessions Diary
"Dear Annika and Oblivia, first of all I would like to just say thank you again for your wonderful work and collaboration with us in Bremen. Unfortunately I don't have any photos or videos from our time together (we should… Read moreCredits: TLF
Obsessions Diary
Dear Reader! As you know, the Obsessions Bremen version had its successful premier in February, against all odds (c-word). This was thanks to all the wonderful people in the first place but also thanks to a bit of good luck.… Read moreObsessions Diary
Oblivia equals happiness. What a joy working with this beautiful people. This is where obsessions become fun. Obsessed with… Read moreCredits: Tua Helve. Obsessions on the rack.
Obsessions Diary
Costume design for kings and emperors, servants, rioters, happy peasants and Peggy… Read moreCredits: Anna-Maija Terävä
Obsession Diary
In a theater a woman is singing, the voice comes to me, like the most condensed air I ever… Read moreObsessions Diary
We are in Theater Bremen! We are working! We are having fun and enjoying ourselves in the big theater. We love ourteam and our studio has daylight. What more can one ask for? That Obsessions will be coming up in a… Read moreCredits: Oblivia
Obsessions Diary
A: Why are you doing that? B: I do it because you do it, I watch you doing it and I don’t want to miss out on anything A: I did not know that you could do anything like… Read moreCredits: Meri Ekola, Kleines Haus.
Obsession’s Diary
This was the event we have all been waiting for, that was dreamed of and feared in advance. And later of course stories are told and legends are born. The 21st of October happened the first Bauprobe in Oblivia’s… Read moreCredits: Anna-Maija Terävä
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For our October Obsessions Diary I wanted to present a few photos taken in August 2021 in Eskus, Helsinki and excerpts from texts written in April, 2021. Both the photos and texts have been born when working with the… Read moreCredits: Painting 'Die Rax' by Koloman Moser, about 1912. Source: Wikipedia.
Obsessions Diary
The obsessive goat singing on the mountain
Timo´s Goat
---- Table theater on Koloman Moser´s painting (see above)
"I am a goat.
I live alone
I know there is a bear and a lynx living in the area.
We sometimes see each other from afar and we communicate by yodeling.
I have quite a big voice and i see very well.
I am good at climbing but i am afraid of hights.
My dream is to climb to the top of my home mountain so that i can see what there is on the other side of it.
I have planned the route very carefully but every time when i reach a certain point i have to come down again.
Sometimes i see the 3 singing shepherds and the 6 jolly hunters playing their instruments and it is nice but we do not really communicate."
Mountain song from Alice, edited by Yiran for brass instruments (excerpt)
Credits: Oblivia. Annika, Anski and Timo doing Caesar-run during a run through.
Obsessions Diary
It has been an exceptionally hot, beautiful and dry summer. Long days of doing nothing in particular at the summer cottage, surrounded by nature and the life on a farm where we are staying. The work is staying in… Read moreCredits: Drawing by Annika based on group discussion.
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Having just finished our latest Obsessions rehearsal period mid-May, I wanted to dedicate this blog entry for time. Time – abundance and lack of it! However, in performance making, it is not only time but also, and more so,… Read moreCredits: Anna-Maija Terävä
Obsessions Diary
Different ways of writing. Loads of writing. Writing as part of making sense of the growing understanding of what we are dealing with. Here are some examples. The famous lists on the wall in the material gathering phase, but… Read moreCredits: Meri Ekola