English Speakers er en lydforestilling om det engelske sprog. Hvad ville det engelske sprog sige, hvis det kunne fortælle sin egen historie?
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Queen – kvinde – kvæn. Det engelske sprog er fyldt med ord af nordisk oprindelse. ENGLISH SPEAKERS tager udgangspunkt i ti engelske ord med norrøne rødder, der udforskes gennem lyd, musik, tale, sprogforskning og historie. En svimlende sprogrejse fyldt med etymologisk pop, verbalbøjnings-r&b, åndedrætsrytmer og korsatser om skældsord.
Enhver kan tale engelsk. Men hvad ville det engelske sprog sige, hvis det kunne fortælle sin egen historie? ENGLISH SPEAKERS er en performativ højttalerforestilling, der sætter sprogøret på prøve og prikker til det imperialistiske verdenssprog. I Sara Hammings lydkoreografi placeres du i et mørkt rum omkredset af ni højttalere i cirkelformation.
Du hører English: Et sprog og en hovedperson i én og samme stemme. Hvad er det for en tale, der strømmer fra hendes mund – visionær vølvesang eller usammenhængende rablen fra en selvovervurderende matriark på randen af sammenbrud? Og hvad er den støj af stemmer, der kræver at få et ord indført i hendes fortælling?
ENGLISH SPEAKERS er både kvindebiografi og sprogfilosofi, der forbinder det levede liv med ordenes historiske vingefang. Det er en forestilling om alternative fortider og en mulig fremtid. Står den sproglige imperialisme for fald? Og hvad skal der blive af det omflakkende verdenssprog, der lever sit eget liv i munden på dig og mig?
Musikken er komponeret af Anja Jacobsen og Lil Lacy. I et tæt samarbejde med Sara Hamming og filolog Seán Vrieland har de bearbejdet sprogets rytmer, klange, pauser og tekstur. Resultatet er kompositioner udelukkende skabt af menneskestemmer, hvori det talte og det sungne sammenflettes.
Forestillingen foregår på engelsk.
Billetter købes her:
Kl. 17:00: https://www.eventim-light.com/dk/a/5a8410a0f2d73504da3bd2f8/e/5f88438a5e570564eceab4ff?lang=da
Kl. 19:30: https://www.eventim-light.com/dk/a/5a8410a0f2d73504da3bd2f8/e/5f884622ac028553f351c44d?lang=da
Om Sara Hamming (manus, koncept og lydkoreografi):
Siden 2009 performancekunstner ved produktionsplatformen Moribund, blandt andet med værkerne OUM – en iscenesættelse af stemmer i samarbejde med komponist Anja Jacobsen og Choreography on the Face i serien Whole Body Treatment. Sara arbejder performativt og ofte lydligt med forhold mellem sprog og historie, senest med Bloody Mary d. 4., som blev opført i hendes barndomshjem – et parcelhus i Valby.
Holdet bag:
Stemmer: Sue Hansen-Styles, Linda Elvira, Alexandra Jespersen, Emilia Gasiorek, Ragna Solbergnes, David Bateson, Jonathan Bonnichi, Malte Frid-Nielsen, Lucy Love, Kristoffer Jessen, Lil Lacy og Anja Jacobsen.
Manuskript og lydkoreografi: Sara Hamming
Komponister: Anja Jacobsen og Lil Lacy
Dramaturg: Tanja Diers
Produktionsleder: Ragna Solbergnes
Sprogkonsulent: Seán Vrieland
Surround mix, design og masterering: Cato Langnes
Lydtekniker: Ingvild Skandsen
Assisterende lydtekniker: Tanya Theo Johansson
Lysdesign: Clementine Waldelius
Lysprogrammering: Filip Vilhelmson
PR: Anna Ullman
Formidlingstekster: Anna Ullman og Solveig Daugaard
Grafisk design: Pulsk Ravn
Producent i Storbritannien: Mary Paterson
Fundraiser: Malene Engelund
Dokumentation: Søren Meisner
Booklet-redaktør: Anna Ullman
Booklet-tekster: Anna Ullman, Mary Paterson, Solveig Daugaard
og Seán Vrieland
Podcast: Anne Neimann Clement
English Speakers er en Moribund-produktion, www.moribund.dk
Co-producenter:
Notam - Norsk center for Teknologi i Musik og Kunst
Inter Arts Center ved Lunds Universitet i Malmø
/// in English ///
ENGLISH SPEAKERS is a sound performance in English about the English language, by Sara Hamming, with music by Anja Jacobsen and Lil Lacy.
Queen – kvinde – kvæn. The English language is full of words of Nordic origin. Using ten words with roots in Norse as its starting point, ENGLISH SPEAKERS examines the English language through sound, music, speech, linguistics and history. It is a dizzying journey filled with etymological pop, verbal inflection r&b, breathing beats and choral arrangements about swear words. An exploration of language, which puts your understanding of language to the test.
Anyone can speak English. But what would English say if it could tell its own story? ENGLISH SPEAKERS is a soundscape performed by nine electronic speakers in circle formation. Take your seat in a darkened room and become immersed in Sara Hamming’s sound choreography.
You will be listening to English: a language and a protagonist, all in one voice. What is this strange speech flowing from the mouth of English – the visionary song of a völva or the incoherent ravings of a megalomaniac matriarch on the brink of a breakdown? And who is this chorus of voices trying to make themselves heard and take part in her narrative?
ENGLISH SPEAKERS is a philosophy of language as well as of female biography, which creates a connection between a lived life and the staggering histories present in everyday words. It imagines alternative pasts and a possible future. Is the linguistic imperialism of English heading for a fall? What will become of this wandering world language, which has a life of its own in the mouths of you, me and everybody who speaks it?
With music compositions by Anja Jacobsen and Lil Lacy in close cooperation with Sara Hamming and philologist Seán Vrieland, English Speakers is a musical interpretation of the rhythms, textures, sounds and pauses of language. The resulting music is created exclusively from human voices where speech and song is woven together.
ENGLISH SPEAKERS will also be playing at other stages and festivals throughout Denmark and the Nordic countries.
Buy your tickets here:
Kl. 17:00: https://www.eventim-light.com/dk/a/5a8410a0f2d73504da3bd2f8/e/5f88438a5e570564eceab4ff?lang=da
Kl. 19:30: https://www.eventim-light.com/dk/a/5a8410a0f2d73504da3bd2f8/e/5f884622ac028553f351c44d?lang=da
About Sara Hamming (text, concept, sound choreography):
Since 2009, Sara has been active as a performance artist with her production platform Moribund. Among her works are OUM – en iscenesættelse af stemmer with composer Anja Jacobsen and Choreography on the Face in the series Whole Body Treatment. Using sound and performative methods, Sara’s works often treat the connection between history and language. Her latest work, Bloody Mary d. 4., took place in her own childhood home, a prefab house in the suburb of Valby.
Credits:
Voices: Sue Hansen-Styles, Linda Elvira, Alexandra Jespersen, Emilia Gasiorek, Ragna Solbergnes, David Bateson, Jonathan Bonnichi, Malte Frid-Nielsen, Lucy Love, Kristoffer Jessen, Lil Lacy and Anja Jacobsen.
Manuscript and sound choreography: Sara Hamming
Music composition: Anja Jacobsen and Lil Lacy
Dramaturgy: Tanja Diers
Production management: Ragna Solbergnes
Historical language consultant: Seán Vrieland
Surround mix, design and mastering: Cato Langnes
Sound technician: Ingvild Skandsen
Assisting technician:
Tanya Theo Johansson
Light design: Clementine Waldelius
Light programming: Filip Vilhelmson
PR: Anna Ullman
PR-texts: Anna Ullman and Solveig Daugaard
Graphic design: Pulsk Ravn
Producer in the UK: Mary Paterson
Fundraiser: Malene Engelund
Documentation and video trailer: Søren Meisner
Booklet editor: Anna Ullman
Texts for booklet: Anna Ullman, Mary Paterson, Solveig Daugaard
and Seán Vrieland
Podcast production: Anne Neimann Clement
English Speakers is a Moribund production, www.moribund.dk
Co-producers: Notam - Norwegian centre for technology, art and music,
Inter Arts Center at The University of Lund in Malmö