«THE JURY» at PARALLEL UNIVERSITY
11 March 1017, Arkivet, Kristiansand Norway
A team of actors, director and stage-manager, exercising the piece «JURYEN - 12 EDSVORNE» at PARALLEL UNIVERSITY (PU), which has been temporarily located at «ARKIVET»*.
The theatre play JURYEN (also known as Twelve Angry Men) is the narrative of a trial with death penalty as a possible consequence for the accused. It tells the story of a jury discussing the case of a young man accused for murder, which outcome seems to be obvious, but as more the jury proceeds their work the more aspects and individual concerns appear, asking outspoken and unspoken questions, complicating, involving and confronting us not at least with our own prejudges.
The theatre play JURYEN (also known as Twelve Angry Men) is the narrative of a trial with death penalty as a possible consequence for the accused. It tells the story of a jury discussing the case of a young man accused for murder, which outcome seems to be obvious, but as more the jury proceeds their work the more aspects and individual concerns appear, asking outspoken and unspoken questions, complicating, involving and confronting us not at least with our own prejudges.
By performing the play in an informal setting the usual distance between audience and performers could be avoided, conventional perspectives questioned and almost confused.
After a 2 hours lasting performance we had an open talk, remarking characters and situations, figuring out relational, semantic and ethic aspects. Allowing insight in their working process and methods, actors and director could get feedback on their work and questions while still developing and adjusting it.
For director Harry Guttormsen and his team the physical and historic context of the site «ARKIVET» (The Archive)*, has not been coincidence but a choice.
*ARKIVET as the site for this meeting, has been contributing with a temporary but serious and tragic context, as the building which nowadays serves as a centre for peace-research and documentation, has during the 2´nd worldwar functioned as the regional Nazi-occupants headquarter, administrating oppression, torture and deportation.
*ARKIVET as the site for this meeting, has been contributing with a temporary but serious and tragic context, as the building which nowadays serves as a centre for peace-research and documentation, has during the 2´nd worldwar functioned as the regional Nazi-occupants headquarter, administrating oppression, torture and deportation.
Many thanks to director Harry Guttormsen, the actors Ann Ingrid Fuglestveit-Mortensen, Hege O. Enger, Even Rasmussen, Ulrik Waarli Grimstad, Steffen Mulder, Johannes Blåsternes, Nasrin Khusrawi, Ingrid Klem, Kari Onstad, Roger Paulsen, Kadir Talabani og Lars Emil Nielsen and stage manager Mette Nessvoll Høgdal.
Special thanks to Stiftelsen Arkivet and Kai Erland for hosting JURYEN and PARALLEL UNIVERSITY.
André Tribbensee
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