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OpenLab 5: The Sound of Trolls
24th October 2017
As part of the collaboration project Make Distance Non-Existant (working title), developed by Det Norske Teatret Oslo and the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, this OpenLab workshop in Zagreb focusses on new digital sound technology that will be used in the two major stage productions “Peer Gynt” (directed by Erik Ulfsby in Zagreb) and “The King’s Fair” (Kraljevo) by Miroslav Krleža directed by Iviva Buljan in Oslo. Both productions work with the same composer and use the latest digital sound technology. In this workshop organized by Croatian National Theater in Zagreb in cooperation with Radiona / Makerspace Zagreb, participants will be involved with various acoustic and electronic DIY instruments for experimental music. The participants will gain insight into different possibilities of using analogue and digital music instruments. After the initial introduction to the devices, the participants and the tutors will together, through improvisation, play sound / music on the subject of trolls. In Henrik Ibsen’s “Peer Gynt”, in the fifth act, King of trolls at one moment exclaimed to Peer that he was not a man but a troll for all of his life, This workshop aims to connect the activities of the hacker, geeky culture with the mythological concept of trolls and their reflection through a dramatic work, in this case Norwegian drama classic “Peer Gynt”. Through joint work, participants will give sound to these trolls using a wide range of devices while simultaneously eliminating their fear of technology and the unknown. The workshop will be held by Damir Prizmić, Deborah Hustić and Igor Brkić from radiona.org.