Annesofie Norn, *1982, Copenhagen, Denmark
Annesofie Norn works as scenographer, performer and visual artist in Norway and Denmark. She took a education in stage design at the Akademi for Scenekunst in Norway and in sculpture at the Swedish Capellagården. Her work involves the sublime incubations of architecture to the same extend as it explores the body in interrelation to it’s constructed surroundings. Her current collaborative stage productions WHALEWATCHERS (2009) at Le Grand Theatre de Luxembourg, RUSLAND (2009), concept by Cecilie U.Schmidt, or LIVING HOUSE: OCCUPYING PARTICIPANT (2009) are dealing with those interdependencies. LIVING HOUSE re-contextualizes our relation to a production house by blurring the boundaries of a living and a working space. The two weeks non-stop show was presented in collaboration with 'Sweet and tender' in danses hus, The National Stage of Dance, Norway. Another group production as GROUNDING SHIFTS ON SHIFTING GROUNDS: PERFORMATIV RESEARCH AND EMBODIMENT (2009), at Joa Hug Gallery W139, Amsterdam was inspired by the process of artistic research and exhibition. Annesofie realized visual concepts for productions like MARIE KRØYER (2008), written by Eske Holm, directed by Jan Hertz at The National Workshops for Arts and Crafts in Danmark or DEMOKRAT at the Folkteatern, Gøteborg, Sweden. In cooperation with Christian Lemmerz she worked on the scenography for GENOVEVA (2006) by Robert Schumann, directed by Kaspar Beck Holten at the Richard B. Fischer Center for performing Arts in New York, USA. Her independent works like ICAMP (2009) a tent occupation and performance in progress was shown at Neues Theater in Munich. SULTEN KOMMER MENS MAN SPISER (Hunger comes while eating.) in collaboration with Signe Lidén was exhibited at JUNGE HUNDE 2008, International Theater Festival, Arhus and Zirkulation, living art exhibition in Copenhagen and supported by Fond for Lyd og Bilde Norway, Copenhagen Cultural Fond and Entrescenen, Danmark. Annesofie Norn got a working grant of The Danish Arts Councel in 2007. Besides that she took part in I WC A, Artist in residence grant for Japan in 2003, were she presented her sculpture work in the Takanaki family art gallery and the Tokoname Art center. In 2009 she got the Upernavik Museums artist in residence grant for Greenland and the project LONGING AWAY with Veronika S. Bökelmann.
