Credits: Tua Helve
Obsessions – along the way
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 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: Jenny Nordlund
Doing things together in music theater
Annika: It was wonderful to get to know you in our symposium in October and hear how you had come up with a lucid analysis on the premises for processes that we artists never are able to articulate and… Read moreCredits: Rachel McIntosh (also in the photo)
Against the loneliness of the singer
In the Together in the Universe of Sound symposium we heard several aspects of working together with performing bodies, voice, space, norms, politics, music and sound, the possibilities and the challenges.In an artist dialogue, mezzo soprano Rachel McIntosh and… 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: Tua Helve. From left to right: Rachel Mcintosh, Timo Fredriksson, Juhani Räisänen, Annika Tudeer, Olivia Moss.
Notes on working with Oblivia
A couple of years ago I trained with a director who encouraged the group to play every day we were together; we played games, we built characters and stories, we ran about, we laughed - I hadnot experienced such… Read moreCredits: Tua Helve. From left to right: Olivia Moss, Annika Tudeer, Timo Fredriksson, Juhani Räisänen, Anna-Maija Terävä, Rachel Mcintosh.
Laulajan lavertelua
Olen parin viikon ajan ollut töissä Oblivialla. Minut palkattiin laulajaksi uuden teoksen harjoituksiin. Valmisteilla on musiikkiteatteriesitys nimeltä Obsessions, jonka ensi-ilta on Saksassa. Harjoitusperiodi alkoi Suomessa ja siihen tarvittiin vakituisten esiintyjien lisäksi kolme laulajaa. Sibelius-Akatemiasta löytyi kaksi naisääntä, mutta ei… Read moreAnnika’s Talkshow with Essi Kausalainen – Plants, trees and music theater
In Annika's second talkshow Annika Tudeer is in conversation with artist Essi Kausalainen on plants, collaborations and music theatre. You will also get a perception changing tip from Essi.
Essi Kausalainen is a Helsinki based artist whose works operate through performance, textile, text, audio and video exploring the sensuous capacity of our bodies and their philosophic and ethical materiality. Collaborating with plants and fungi, artists, musician, plant biologists and children, Kausalainen aims to escape the hierarchical and linear ways of thinking and operating. www.essikausalainen.com.
Annika’s Talkshow with Veit Sprenger – So they both make operas
In Annika's first Talkshow Annika Tudeer discusses music, devising opera, art, covid-19 and much more with friend and colleague Veit Sprenger from the renowned Berlin based performance company Showcase Beat Le Mot. In the conversation they realise that both companies, Oblivia and Showcase Beat Le Mot are making opera and conclude happily that despite the distance they stay connected.
Credits: Sanna Salmenkallio
APUA, MITÄ SE MUSIIKKITEATTERI NYT OLIKAAN?
Pienen pohdinnan jälkeen tajuan, että en oikeastaan tiedä mitä musiikkiteatteri on. Onko se jotain, jossa kerrontaa kuljetetaan vahvasti musiikin keinoin? Pitääkö senolla laulettua vai riittääkö merkityksellinen ääni yhdistettynä lavatoimintaan?Nopsa googlailu tarjoaa laulun, musiikin, tanssin, näyttelemisen ja puhutun dialoginyhdistelmiä eri… Read moreCredits: Oblivia