The exhibition Alien Future
The exhibition “Alien Future – Creating in Strange Habitats” consists of the works “cocreat:e:ures” by Annike Flo and “Entangled in the Mesh” by Anne Cecilie Lie.
In their master productions, Anne Cecilie Lie and Annike Flo examine creating and surviving in our current geological epoch proposed as the Anthropocene; "The Human Stage."
Based on scenography as an extended concept, we address other and extended time perspectives, such as life cycles, geological ages and speculative futures. -Annike Flo, master's student at the Academy of Performing Arts/Østfold University College.
Through multi-sensory experiences, Lie and Flo seek to put the human-centric out of play by introducing us to other strange worlds that are intertwined with ours and make it possible for us to exist.
By working with ecosystems and sonic landscapes that are not always easily accessible, both physically and aurally, we reveal the complexity and strangeness of a world that is often invisible and unheard. – Anne Cecilie Lie, master's student at the Academy of Performing Arts/Østfold University College.
Collaboration with Vitenparken and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences
The works are based on both Vitenparken and NMBU as knowledge producers and the surrounding landscape. In these worlds, Lie and Flo wander in the divide between the speculative practices of art and science.
About the artists
Annike Flo (b.1986) is a master's student in scenography at the Academy of Performing Arts, Østfold University College and cocreat : e : ure is her graduation work. In her scenographic work, Annike investigates what it means to create in the Anthropocene era, and is concerned with themes such as "otherness", nature vs. culture and our relationship with other creatures. Annike has a BA in costume for performance at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts, London. As a costume and set designer in London, she specialized in immersive theater (Secret Cinema, Punch Drunk, Immersive cult, among others), something she has taken with her into her work as a scenographer.
Anne Cecilie Lie (b. 1983) is a master's student in scenography at the Academy of Performing Arts, Østfold University College. She has a bachelor's degree in art from Trondheim Art Academy. Through her scenographic and artistic work, Lie explores societal and built structures, points out blind spots and explores new possibilities for coexistence using, among other things, sound, performance, installations and text.
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Do you have any questions about the project? Send an email to elise@vitenparken.no.