Premiere: Blikk - Mine Nilay Yalcin
Blikk was screened on 16.03.22 at 19:00 (premiere), on 17.03.22 at 19:00, on 18.03.22 at 19:00, on 19.03.22 at 15:00 and 19:00, on 20.03.22 at 19:00
Girls don't spit.
Girls don't swear.
Girls don't look.
Girls don't fight back.
Girls don't fight.
Girls don't kick.
Girls don't push other girls' heads into the ground.
Did you think ...
The year is 2018, and in a schoolyard in Oslo, a group of girls get into a mass brawl. Just a few days later, it happens again. The headline in the media reads: "The girls fight because of 'blikking' in the schoolyard".
Gazing is often invisible.
It is only visible to those who are subjected to it.
It is a phenomenon where people use the "gaze" to exercise power.
Being subjected to "gazing" can be perceived as threatening. And gazing quickly becomes the basis for major conflicts.
And the conflicts that arise. They degenerate into mass fights.
In BLIKK, parallels are drawn to the myth of Medusa. The woman who is cursed by Athena and turned into a monster with black eyes, where everyone who looks into her eyes turns to stone. Medusa therefore retreats to the edge of the world where she remains an eternal target for warriors who want to kill the "monster".
Girls who act out, get angry or use violence are often seen as "abnormal", they do not follow the norm, and can easily be ostracized and stigmatized because of this.
BLIKK is an all-girl ensemble performance on stage.
A performance for youth/young adults that takes gawking, bullying, girl gangs and angry girls out on stage.
Because we don't talk about it enough. It's a topic that is difficult to address, precisely because this type of bullying is so hidden.
But in this performance, it's all about looking up and forward.
It's a performance that hits like a punch in the gut, transforming good girls into uninhibited warriors and Medusa's doppelgangers.
Med:
Director: Mine Nilay Yalcin
Dramaturg: Christine Helland
Stage manager/Producer: Anja Kjærnli
Actors:
Hina Zaidi
Amalie Eggen
Madeleine F Røseth
Lisa Birkenes Thun
Julia Sørensen
Costume: Synne Føreland
Lighting designer: Clement Irbil
Technician: Linda Nikolaisen
In collaboration with Kloden teater and SPKRBOX
Supported by Arts Council Norway, Fond for Lyd og Bilde, FFUK, Fritt ord and SPENN
Wed 16. - Sun March 20, 2022
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