Saturday 06.07.19
Festival Street

SOS for Yemen

Concert start: 21:00 Price single ticket: Free,

Free

The artist group ANNEX invites to the conclusion of the work: We are guided by the beauty of our weapons: YEMEN - Amen

 

Saturday, 6 July 2019, 21-23 pm at Myntgata 1. 
The artists are present for conversation and dialogue.
The piece was made especially for the Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2019

 

Historically, there are exciting relationships between both jazz, politics and Islam, which go back to the late 1940s. This depends, among other things, on together with jazz's origins in African-American communities in the United States, which at one point led many jazz musicians to convert to Islam.

 

THE LIGHT SCULPTURE

YEMEN refers to the war-torn country in the Middle East, and Amen is an expression we in Norway know from the church. Amen is also used by the other two major monotheistic religions, Islam and Judaism, usually in connection with prayer and as an expression of 'conclusion'. In many American churches, it is also a widespread phenomenon that the congregation shouts "Amen!", when they agree with the sermon.

 

The light sculpture's flashing pattern … _ _ _ … is the emergency signal SOS (save our souls) in Morse code.

 

About ANNEX

The artist group was formed in 2015 and today consists of Mona Bentzen and Kjersti G. Andvig. ANNEX works on the basis of its own experiences and a shared interest in various aspects of migration and asylum policy. Especially with a focus on the underlying causes.

Our aim is to create debate and engagement around important societal choices through traditional and non-traditional expressions and spaces. The work has been developed jointly. For more information on previous works: http://kjersti.andvig.free.fr/spip.php?rubrique34

 

PHOTO: Silje Storm Drabitius

 

Supported by Fritt Ord

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