It is as it is Passed
Tuesday May 14, 2024 15:15 - 15:30 G1
Moderator: Pamela Lindgren
Presenters: Maria Johansson Josephson, Tove Sahlin
Track: Art, Media, and Performance
It is as it is A song cycle-A dance macabre Through sincere musings, danced incantations and newly written music for one - and sometimes two voices - we encounter possible transactions, possible and impossible passages in time and space, the unmentionable but also the lust for life, the joy of being and a large measure of humor while dying - is cleaned out. It's a performance with two actors, they use their voices and bodies to make visible change in the different stages of life. The work has been created in a collaboration between Maria Johansson Josephsson, singer, actor and composer and Tove Sahlin choreographer and dancer. "It is as it is" is inspired by various theories and thoughts about change, transformation, care, decay and man's opportunity to find comfort in and believe in the power of music, dance and art. The theme that runs as a, perhaps somewhat blurred but still highly present, line through the entire work is the most central and yet among the most unmentionable themes in our lives: Life and death. The performance had its premiere in Stockholm in 2017 and has since then, among other things, played at festivals in Sweden and Germany and toured in Sweden for the Riksteatern. "It is as it is" is an attempt at a post in a discussion about who we are and become in the cycles of change that meet humans throughout life, both the natural movements through the years but also the worrying injuries, diseases, caring person-centered practices and the worrying end of earthly life. Through the performative art and music, the actors are not looking for answers but something that can be compared to comfort, and it is also something comforting that they want to express through their song cycle and dance macabre- ”It is as it is”. For more information: http://www.shakeitlab.com/it-is-as-it-is/
Seminar type
Pre-recorded + On-site
Lecture type
Art
Conference
GCPCC
Authors
Maria Johansson Josephsson, Tove Sahlin
Lecturers
Pamela Lindgren Moderator
Designer and PhD candidate at Design & Human Factors, Chalmers University of Technology. Patient representative at GPCC
Pamela Lindgren Design Studio
Pamela Lindgren is engaged in science research, industrial design, product-, and graphic design as well as art. She is also active as a patient representative and patient researcher at the Centre for Person-centred Care -GPCC at the University of Gothenburg. Pamela has a Master of Fine Art Degree, from the School of Design and Crafts at the University of Gothenburg and is a PhD candidate at the division of Design & Human Factors, Department of Industrial and Materials Science, Chalmers University of Technology. Pamela Lindgren´s research aims to increased knowledge of user experience of products as well as user acceptance and adoption on the basis of aesthetic and emotional values, as well as functional needs and requirements. The research is also focused on different user groups, opportunities for participation and influence, and what consequences this will have on the final design solution. Pamela seeks to create an interplay between technology, construction and the human body. Universal Design, Design for All and Inclusive Design along with Evidence based and User-centered design with the end user in focus are important pillars symbolizing her method of working, with accessibility, participation, cultural diversity, social design and sustainable development.
Maria Johansson Josephson Presenter
Musikhögskolan vid Örebro Universitet
Maria Johansson Josephsson is a singer, actor and composer in several different styles and genres, since 2020 she is also a university lecturer in music, specialising in performing jazz and pop, at the College of Music at Örebro University in Sweden.She has worked as soloist at several theaters in Sweden including the Royal Dramatic Theater and Unga Klara in Stockholm as well as the Gothenburg Symphony and the Royal Philharmony in Stockholm. Internationally, Maria has also toured as a singer and actor, among other countries she’s been to Spain, France, USA, Germany, Russia and in the Nordics. For the UN, she has worked with culture in countries such as Afghanistan, Kosovo and Hungary. Maria did her basic education at the Academy of Music at Örebro University. As a singer and composer, she likes to work with cross-genre techniques and improvisation as a vital part of artistic creation.
Tove Sahlin Presenter