Vortex Space

You are welcome to spend as much time as you like in the Vortex Room during opening hours. Throughout the day, you will encounter both small and large concerts, open group conversations, discussions, and a variety of installations and presentations—featuring contributions from across the Academy, as well as guest participants. There will be breaks of about 15 minutes between each part of the programme.

12:00: The Vortex Space opens. Join us!

Different stations with video, text and books will be present in the room throughout the day:

• Anja Lauvdal, Jenny Berger Myhre: "Havgaver"
• Music therapy, "Arts and health stories: Arve"
• Edvard Valberg: "will to chaos/lust for life"
• Henning Kraggerud: "Improvisations"
• Sharing artistic research on the platform Research Catalogue: eight inspiring examples. Explore RC expositions made by employees, research fellows and master students at the Academy
• Nils Henrik Asheim: "Musikken, reinkarnasjonen og å leve øyeblikket om igjen"

12:20: Eavesdrop to the podcast «Mellom slaga» – a part of the Musicians' Health Project

• Jo Fougner Skaansar and Jon Balke.
• Open conversation after, with Karen Elise Fridtjofsen, Sofus Sverressønn Finne, Cathrine Nymoen Dorg and Karen van der Starre

13:00: Anja Lauvdal about the artistic project "Havgaver"

• Anja Lauvdal and Jenny Berger Myhre
• Moderator: Morten Qvenild

14:00: Ida Løvli Hidle and Erlend Skomsvoll about the accordion concerto "Clashes"

• Ida Løvli Hidle and Erlend Skomsvoll talk about the music and process when Skomsvoll wrote an accordion concerto for Hidle and Ensemble Allegria in 2016.
• Moderator: Live Maria Roggen

15:00: Listening together

A new series in the Vortex Space! Lisa Dillan, Gaute Storsve, Bjørg Lewis and Julius Pranevicius bring music.

16:00: Soup and mingling

We serve soup and let audiences sit and talk, wander about or check out the stations.

16:15: Open Stage I – live music and conversation

• Exchange students Kirsi-Marja Harju (trumpet, song, electronics) and Arthur Clees (vibraphone), student Iver Graabræk-Dyndahl (vibraphone)
• Student Tim Guido van Breemen (song)
• Students Mattias Vidme Crantz (song) and Jakob Mo (piano)
• Moderator: Live Maria Roggen

17:00: Peter Herresthal about teaching performance

• Peter Herresthal shows examples and talks to colleagues and students.
• Student Alma Kraggerud (violin) plays examples with Sebastian Egebakken Svenøy (piano)
• Moderator: Morten Qvenild

17:45: Open Stage II – live music and converstation

• Students Hanna Kallestad (violin) and Guro Kverndokk (song)
• Research fellow Anne Hytta (Hardanger fiddle)
• Student Sofus Sverressønn Finne (piano)
• Moderator: Ingfrid Breie Nyhus

19:00: The Vortex Space closes

Welcome back on Thursday 29 January!