av fortellerkunstner | mai 3, 2020 | Daniel døde 11. mai 2016, In English
Today he would have celebrated his 34th day. He died. I have thought that I never really said goodbye, because until the very last it seemed as if it never happened. I sat there by the bed watching him die. But I could never believe it. I can’t believe it now....
av fortellerkunstner | apr 24, 2020 | In English
What ties us together? A cross on top of a building, Christmas dinner with family? A Sunday trip with a friend in the woods? A language we have in common? Stories we know, have heard, believe in? In 1994 when Norway won over Brazil in World Cup football? I do not know...
av fortellerkunstner | apr 17, 2020 | Artistic research
In a previous post, I wrote that one of the features of artistic research is that it must include, among other things, an artistic practice, an artistic product and a (theoretical) reflection. According to Mika Hannula, Juha Suaranta and Tere Vadén, artistic research...
av fortellerkunstner | apr 10, 2020 | In English
Prince Thadeus has assembled a number of female storytellers because his wife has been struck by a desire to hear stories. He opens the long telling session with the following words: ”There is nothing more pleasing and glorious in the world, O my noble women, than...
av fortellerkunstner | okt 1, 2015 | In English
Today is yet another #folkloreThursday, and instead of characters I thought I would translate a short story of the samipeople. I rarely tell stories from the samipeople myself. Out of the respect of this still vibrant culture, I feel like I am cultural colonizing the...