LB°20 — Artists
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Markus Öhrn (b. 1972, Niskanpää) is an artist and theatre director working in Tornedalen.
The performative installation Bikt by Markus Öhrn revolves around older generations of Tornedal women and their testimonies. During the summer of 2020, the poet David Väyrynen conducted in-depth interviews with nine women born between 1940 and 1950 about their experiences of growing up in Tornedalen and how it has shaped them as women and human beings. The transcribed conversations have been worked into a script that is performed by nine older men from Tornedalen, set to specially commissioned organ music played live by the composer Arno Waschk. Bikt will be staged in various churches around Norrbotten for the run of the biennial. The performance lasts for around four hours of winter darkness, during which the audience can come and go as they please.
Markus Öhrn (b. 1972, Niskanpää) is an artist and theatre director working in Tornedalen.
Work
Bikt, 2020