Hey, #NewYork! Good luck with todays election! For tomorrow I am recommending some fascinating, horrorshow #theatre from Norway. nyuskirball.org/events/burnt...

METABOLISM IN THEATRE: Theatre director Tore Vagn Lid on the weight of the Utøya terror attacks and the climate crisis.

A beautiful essay an Anselm Kiefer in Vagant, by poet Øyvind Berg. Yes, it is in Norwegian, but any translation tool will give you a well worth glimpse of it. Thanks to editor @audunlindholm.bsky.social for keeping the Norwegian discourse alive and kicking. www.vagant.no/anselm-kiefe...

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CREATIVITY IN ACADEMIC WRITING: Really enjoyed moderating today's event at Bergen Global/CMI: "Where is the freedom and creativity in academic writing?" For anyone who understands Norwegian the session was recorded and will be accessible online. bergenglobal.no/events/spraa...

Velkommen til debatt og workshop om språk som verktøy i akademia m/ Randi Brodersen, Iben Brinch, Anders Johansen og @lektormelby.bsky.social. Alle interesserte er velkomne, men workshop har begrenset plass, så meld deg på! ➡️ ons 9. april 🕦 09:15 - 13:15 📍 Jekteviksbakken 31 ☕🥐

So, our dictator has used forbidden sound cannon (LRAD) on peaceful protestors. He couldn't stand the success of peaceful protests, so he had to intervene. 🤬 #Belgrade #Serbia

SERBIA: Students are supported by their teachers, the farmers, pensioners and taxi drivers. Fascinating to see how well organized and disciplined the protesters are. Sad to see the state leaders suspect liberal and democratic forces. Autocratic and depressing.

About 1/6 of the total population of Serbia protested government malfeasance today. In the US that would be more than fifty million people.

🇷🇸👊 Serbia

Here we have a man who came to the White House inappropriately dressed in the middle of a war.

Alle som irriterer seg over mediene, bør for øvrig lese og støtte @filternyheter.no

UNGE FOLK som lager revy på skolen, altså, det er så fint, det.

❤️ Jeg elsker å bli invitert med i kunstneriske prosesser. Det er ikke alltid det som er "ferdig arbeid" som er mest gøy. www.bt.no/btmeninger/k...

ARGENTINA, don't cry for Milei.

Fredrik Skavlan in the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

IN THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, they of course speak with a Norwegian accent and have som nice advice and suggestions: youtu.be/70et01T2O_E?...

Are these people adults? Elon Musk asked CEO Nicolai Tangen, managing the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund, for a favour: To vote for a gigantic pay package for Musk. Tangen declined, but invited him to dinner in a very "cool" way. Or cringy way, I would say. And Musk responed:

I love this picture. ❤️ The Nordic leaders of Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway eating together. Plain and simple for serious times. #Norway #Sweeden #Denmark #Finland

HEY, NEW YORKERS! - make sure to bring your kids to see some lovely Norwegian visual theatrical imagination, Wakka Wakka. There is nothing like the art of puppet theatre. Last time I saw them was at the Fjaler-festival, in Norway. #TheatreSky open.substack.com/pub/broadway...

Yeah – SANCTA goes Theatertreffen! Florentina Holzingers Opernperformance ist zum Berliner Theatertreffen eingeladen und wird damit als eine der zehn bemerkenswertesten Inszenierungen der Saison ausgezeichnet. Herzlichen Glückwunsch allen Beteiligten! www.berlinerfestspiele.de/theatertreff...

OBITUARY: Professor Asbjørn Grønstad in my research group have written so beautifully about dear, dear professor Øyvind Vågnes (1972–2025). I am so grateful to have Øyvind in my memories. journalofvisualculture.org/news/oyvind-...

Ja. Sånn hvis noen lurer.

For me, going to the #IFTR conference in Ghana and the Philippines was extremely educational. Getting a visa to Ghana was a bit of a hassle, but I think my colleagues from the global south will have some challenges travelling to this year's IFTR conference in Cologne, Germany. I am #priveliged

The theatre may be a dangerous space: No one knows if you're disobedient and stop reading in your cubicle. If you get up and leave in the middle of a performance, you will be seen by others. #TheatreSky hereandbeyond.substack.com/p/coming-soon

THE NEW YORKER has chosen CATARINA AND THE BEAUTY OF KILLING FASCISTS as one of the ten best shows of 2024 in New York. The show was on in Bergen, Norway at BIT Teatergarasjen in 2022. Listen, if you live on the periphery, go to the theatre. You may end up seeing the best pieces first. #TheatreSky

These days, when people trash each other on social media, we need theatre. #theatresky

It must be twenty years since I co-curated the exhibition on net.art-scene at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo together with Per Platou. There I met you, Vuc Cosic. I remember we did emails and stuff back then. An here we are, seeking some sort of refuge in something call BlueSky.

"Many, if not most, contemporary artists live and work in a rather low-key existence...Few people are made for, or comfortable with, making sensational statements in the media or causing unnecessary fuss about their own windswept person." - Tommy Olsson klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

Ok @hfmarthinussen.bsky.social jeg veit du ikke har full oversik for all juristutdanning her i landet, men hvor lærer man å argumentere for "juridisk abort" slik at travle leger må bruke tid på å forklare at enkeltindivider må ta ansvar for egne handlinger?: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

I 2025 er det 10-års jubileum for Høyres jernbanereform. Så, hvordan synes vi at det gikk?

Happy New Year from Finse, Norway ❤️

Min lange tråd om kulturen som dolker seg selv i ryggen og den kulturfiendtlige konteksten det skjer i, er blitt en helt normalt lang kronikk i @aftenposten.no. Med fare for å være skamløs på egen og kulturens vegne: Del den gjerne, jeg mener dette er viktig. www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

SAMTIDSDANS: "Norwegian contemporary dancers investigate how it is to lose it all. If you have ever gone into pieces, you may even recognise yourself." #TheatreSky #DanceSky #Art

Nedbyggingen er i gang: Det pågår for tiden en begravelsesmarsj mot de drastiske kuttene i Berlins kulturbudsjett.

POSTERS AS PARATEXT: At the University in Bergen, Norway we are happy to have the archive from BIT Teatergarasjen included in our bigger theatre archive. Here I am in a video explaining the importance of "paratexts" when doing research in theatre history. #TheatreSky #NorwegianSky

From Joel Grey: “History is giving us another chance to confront the forces that ‘Cabaret’ warned us about. The question is: Will we listen this time, or will we keep laughing until the music stops?”

THERE IS SOME RISK that you will resemble the dancers in the performance ‘JEG BRAKK’. Arms and legs in the air with a bang and a fall. If you read Bergens Tidende, you can read the review here. If not, you can wait for my review on Here & Beyond: hereandbeyond.substack.com

I går ble Humanistprisen 2024 utdelt til Harald Klungtveit og @filternyheter.no, for deres journalistiske dekning av ytre høyre. Her Harald i samtale med @torgrimeggen.bsky.social på scenen.

I'm looking forward to the dance performance, JEG BRAKK, in Bergen (Norway) tonight. It's on at BIT Teatergarasjen. Choreographer Ole Martin Meland also works as a dancer in Carte Blanche. FOTO: Thor Brødreskift. For an update, subscribe to my newly made Here&Beyond blog: hereandbeyond.substack.com

🧵1. Great evening with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social at the House of Literature Foundation in Oslo. The author of Autocracy Inc. (and more!) in conversation with Nils August Andresen about how dictators & authocrats operate, and what the world can do in response. Plus a shout out to BlueSky. A thread.

Årets humanistpris ble i kveld tildelt Harald Klungtveit og @filternyheter.no for den journalistiske dekningen av ytre høyre - og sitt aktive forsvar for demokratiske verdier. Gratulerer, og takk for jobben dere gjør.

REVIEWER NOTES! I've been to a performance with Klassekampen's reviewer Amund Grimstad. Thought I'd take a look at his notes to find out what he thought of the performance. #TheatreSky #NorwegianSky

INSPIRED to reach an English-reading audience, I have decided to go meta and write about my writing on being on stage as the audience - or something in between - in the performance, And We Cheerfully Put the Gods to Death at BIT Teatergarasjen. Enjoy! #TheatreSky #NorwegianSky

This is never the preferred cup of tea for people in power: A law that prohibits federal authorities from forcing journalists to reveal their confidential sources, and protects sources or whistleblowers who speak to journalists from retaliation by law enforcement. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/u...

Hey. Noen som har en eksklusiv invitasjon til noe som heter Clubhouse? Skal visst være veldig kult og demokratifremmende. @NorwegianSky

God morgen #NorwegianSky - hva var verst? - Eller best? Var det #trashbildetråden på den lukkede norske plattformen Underskog fra 2005 eller løse samtaler med/mellom politikere og beslutningstakere fra den amerikanske plattformen Clubhouse fra 2020? Kjør debatt!

My favourite Norwegian news media @Filternyheter wakes me up for coffie. People. If you don't understand Norwegian, use the translation tool. Works good enough.

When I was a kid dreaming of being a “college teacher” or director, I absolutely didn’t have “using performance-based pedagogy to teach research and citational practices to elementary students” on that Bingo card… But it feels like a major #Firstgen win #TheatreSky #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

Everybody performs being experts on the performative aspects on politics these days, sounding clever and cool. That is so good! Any theatre and performance amateur is welcome to the TAPS-club and #TheatreSky But please remember, we do have scholars. At least for the time being.