The Kiss And Waste Project
Anne-Lise Stenseth in production, Odessa Zoo, Ukraine, 2008. Maria Navrotskaya in The Letter From Odessa, 2008. Photo: Berndt Uhlig
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The Kiss And Waste Project, 2007-11
The Kiss And Waste Project is a flexible, growing, changing, multichannel video installation made in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and United Kingdom. The installation consists of a series of videoessays that are based on letters written to me by different women in the Black Sea and North Sea areas. Their task was to imagine that they are either my sister, mother, girlfriend, grandmother, close friend or relative. The letters/texts are then read, rehearsed, performed or interpreted by a local actress or the writer herself for camera and sound. Finally the textmaterial is combined, composed and edited into audiovisual essays made in each country. The diverse content of the videos vary from the personal to the political and the main leitmotifs are identity and migration. Reflections and questions about personal struggle, political transition and changes in contemporary Europe. "Through the process of working with local women and by using a combination of interpretation and representation, fictional and documentary material I try to encounter and reflect upon different aspects of subjective, social and public states of being. The inner and outer space, so to say." |
The Kiss And Waste Project, Version 16, 2011, Sogn og Fjordane Museum of Fine Art - Installation view
Katalog til utstillingen / Publication:
The Kiss and Waste Project
Anne-Lise Stenseth
Skriftserie frå Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum / Publication from Sogn og Fjordane Museum of Fine Art, MYNDIR Nr. 1, 2011,
108 sider / pages. ISSN: 0806-1998, NOK 250,-.
Med tekster av / With texts by:
Marith Paasche, Woman Writing A Letter (1637-2011) norsk / english
Dr. Milija Gluhovic, European Women on the Move: Gender, Migration and Belonging in Anne Lise Stenseth´s "Kiss and Waste Project" / Europeiske kvinner på reise: Kjønn, migrasjon og tilhøyrsle i Anne Lise Stenseths "Kiss and Waste Project"
norsk
Katalog til utstillingen / Publication:
The Kiss and Waste Project
Anne-Lise Stenseth
Skriftserie frå Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum / Publication from Sogn og Fjordane Museum of Fine Art, MYNDIR Nr. 1, 2011,
108 sider / pages. ISSN: 0806-1998, NOK 250,-.
Med tekster av / With texts by:
Marith Paasche, Woman Writing A Letter (1637-2011) norsk / english
Dr. Milija Gluhovic, European Women on the Move: Gender, Migration and Belonging in Anne Lise Stenseth´s "Kiss and Waste Project" / Europeiske kvinner på reise: Kjønn, migrasjon og tilhøyrsle i Anne Lise Stenseths "Kiss and Waste Project"
norsk
Below: videostills from some of the videos.
1-2: Antoaneta
3-5: The Letter From Odessa
6: Now, Right Now, Yet Still
7-9: Well I am a Refugee, No Doubt!
10-12: There is a Small Balcony on The Bedroom Side
13-16: One - Two - Three, Mangalia!
17: A Letter Home
1-2: Antoaneta
3-5: The Letter From Odessa
6: Now, Right Now, Yet Still
7-9: Well I am a Refugee, No Doubt!
10-12: There is a Small Balcony on The Bedroom Side
13-16: One - Two - Three, Mangalia!
17: A Letter Home
Radioprogram i to deler om The Kiss And Waste Project og musikk. /
Radioprogram in two parts about The Kiss And Waste Project and music.
(Norwegian Language):
Excerpt from 7 videos from "The Kiss and Waste Project" 2007-2011
HD video, 8,33 min. A.r. 16:9
HD video, 8,33 min. A.r. 16:9
Excerpt 2,52 min.
From the video "There Is A Small Balcony On The Bedroom Side",
HD video, 7 min. colour, sound, 2009. A.r. 16:9
From the video "There Is A Small Balcony On The Bedroom Side",
HD video, 7 min. colour, sound, 2009. A.r. 16:9
Excerpt 4,21 min.
From the video ”A Letter Home”,
HD video, 21 min. colour, sound, 2008. A.r. 16:9
From the video ”A Letter Home”,
HD video, 21 min. colour, sound, 2008. A.r. 16:9
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Installation view and documentation
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V12). SEAS X Batumi, Batumi Drama Theatre, Georgia.
5 channel video installation, detail
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one: "A Letter Home", 17.30 min.Room two:"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.Room three: "Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
5 channel video installation, detail
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one: "A Letter Home", 17.30 min.Room two:"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.Room three: "Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V11) - SEAS Xpedition, Istanbul, Akçakoça, Ûnye, Camlihemsin, Hopa, Tyrkia / Turkey. (Utendørs videoprojeksjon/Public space videoprojection)
Screening program:
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
Screening program:
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V10) - Arts and Urban Re-invention 2010, Kings College, University of Aberdeen, 6 channel video installation. Installation view
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
Room two:
“The Letter, The Donkey and The Woman”,15 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
Room two:
“The Letter, The Donkey and The Woman”,15 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V9) - Re:vizje/Re:visions 09, 1500m2, Warszawa, Poland 2009. 6 channel video installation. Installation view
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
Room two:
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
Room two:
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V8) - Black-North SEAS tour, Exservecemans Club, Skegness, England 2009
9 channel videoinstallation, Production still.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
“The Letter, The Donkey and The Woman”,15 min.
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Norway Fjords, The Song", 18 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
9 channel videoinstallation, Production still.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
“The Letter, The Donkey and The Woman”,15 min.
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Norway Fjords, The Song", 18 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V7) - SEAS Tromsø, Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway 2009
Room one: 6 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
Room one: 6 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
Room one:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
Room two: 10 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
"The Workshop"
Participants: Emilie Blichfeldt, Ingeborg Utheim, Eirin Melum-Hansen Høegh, Astrid Rotvold Nilssen, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Karoline Næss Sletteng, Susann Storås, Gina Lindås, Margit Abel Grape og Tuva Johansen
"The Workshop"
Participants: Emilie Blichfeldt, Ingeborg Utheim, Eirin Melum-Hansen Høegh, Astrid Rotvold Nilssen, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Karoline Næss Sletteng, Susann Storås, Gina Lindås, Margit Abel Grape og Tuva Johansen
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V6) - Black-North SEAS tour, Gothenburg City Museum, Sweden 2009
8 channel videoinstallation, videostill and installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
8 channel videoinstallation, videostill and installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!", 19 min.
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V5) - Black-North SEAS tour, Toldkammeret, Helsingør, Denmark 2009. 7 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 10 min.
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V4) - Black-North SEAS tour, Depo, Istanbul, Turkey 2009.
7 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Norway Fjords, Studio - Song", 21.30 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
7 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 7 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Norway Fjords, Studio - Song", 21.30 min.
"Efrosina, Sofia - Varna", 7 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" (V3) - Black-North SEAS tour, Mangalia Art Gallery, Mangalia, Romania 2008. 5 channel videoinstallation, Installation view
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"The Couple", 2 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"One - Two - Three, Mangalia!", 12 min.
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"The Couple", 2 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project", (V2) - Black-North SEAS tour, Balchik City Gallery, Balchik, Bulgaria 2009. 5 channel videoinstallation, Installation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Efrosina", 7.30 min.
"The Couple", 2 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"A Letter Home", 17.30 min.
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Efrosina", 7.30 min.
"The Couple", 2 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project", Version 1 (V1) - Black-North SEAS tour, Bulgarian Cultural Center, Odessa, Ukraine 2008. 5 channel videoinstallation. Inatallation view.
VIDEOS IN THE INSTALLATION:
"The Letter From Odessa", 21 min.
"Norway Fjords, Studio - Song", 21.30 min.
"Efrosina", 7.30 min.
"The Couple", 2 min.
"Antoaneta", 18 min.
"The Kiss and Waste Project" 2008-2011
Multichannel video-installation, variable dimensions.
Videos in the project as of 2011:
"The Letter, The Donkey and The Woman", 2009, 16 min.
Participants: Annabelle Moore, Jackie Savory, Stepen Dand, Sooty the Donkey, Helen Duffy, Valerie Boidy
Text and Voice: Jackie Savory
Chello improvisations: Nikki-Kate Heyes
Location: Skegness, England
"The Workshop" 2009, 40 min
Participants: Emilie Blichfeldt, Ingeborg Utheim, Eirin Melum-Hansen Høegh, Astrid Rotvold Nilssen, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Karoline Næss Sletteng, Susann Storås, Gina Lindås, Margit Abel Grape og Tuva Johansen
Texts: Emilie Blichfeldt, Ingeborg Utheim, Eirin Melum-Hansen Høegh, Astrid Rotvold Nilssen, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Karoline Næss Sletteng, Susann Storås, Gina Lindås, Margit Abel Grape og Tuva Johansen
Location: Tromsø, Norway
“Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!”, 2009, 19 min.
Participant: Viive Wellemets
Text: Viive Wellemets
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden. M/S Victoria I, Stockholm –Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 2009, 10 min.
Participant: Tülay Uguz
Text: Tülay Uguz
Location: Helsingör, Denmark
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 2009, 7 min.
Participant: Elmas Deniz
Voice: Sebnem Hassanisoughi.
Text: "Yeçim"
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
"One - Two - Three, - Mangalia!", 2008, 12 min.
Participants: Laura Vaida, Izabela Bogasiu
Text: Ana Igua
Location: Mangalia, Romania
"A Letter Home", 2008, 17.30 min.
Participant: Snejana Ilieva Rasheva
Text: Stefana Serafina
Location: Balchik, Bulgaria
"The Letter from Odessa", 2008, 21 min.
Participant: Maria Navrotskaya
Text: "Marie"
Location: Odessa, Ukraine
“Norway Fjords, Studio – Song”, 2008, 21.30 min.
Participants:
> Twiggy Pop:
Maria Navrotskaya (vocal)
Alexander Kohanovski (piano, bass, programming)
Misha Krikalov (beats, loops,mix)
Sergei Klein (mouth harp)
Alexei Sviderski (space, presence, input)
Vika & Andrei Sechkovski (for being there)
Sasha Furdak (for tech. support)
Location: 26/27.05.2008 Odessa, Ukraine
“Efrosina, Sofia – Varna”, 2008-09, 7 min.
Text: Efrosina Peneva
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
"Antoaneta", 2008, 18 min.
Participant: Antoaneta Hansteen
Location: Oslo, Norway
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Producer:
Intercult, Sweden
BLACK/NORTH SEAS
Co-producer:
Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway
Supported by Arts Council Norway
Multichannel video-installation, variable dimensions.
Videos in the project as of 2011:
"The Letter, The Donkey and The Woman", 2009, 16 min.
Participants: Annabelle Moore, Jackie Savory, Stepen Dand, Sooty the Donkey, Helen Duffy, Valerie Boidy
Text and Voice: Jackie Savory
Chello improvisations: Nikki-Kate Heyes
Location: Skegness, England
"The Workshop" 2009, 40 min
Participants: Emilie Blichfeldt, Ingeborg Utheim, Eirin Melum-Hansen Høegh, Astrid Rotvold Nilssen, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Karoline Næss Sletteng, Susann Storås, Gina Lindås, Margit Abel Grape og Tuva Johansen
Texts: Emilie Blichfeldt, Ingeborg Utheim, Eirin Melum-Hansen Høegh, Astrid Rotvold Nilssen, Ingrid Marie Vikhammer Sandvik, Karoline Næss Sletteng, Susann Storås, Gina Lindås, Margit Abel Grape og Tuva Johansen
Location: Tromsø, Norway
“Well I am a Refugee. No Doubt!”, 2009, 19 min.
Participant: Viive Wellemets
Text: Viive Wellemets
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden. M/S Victoria I, Stockholm –Tallinn, Tallinn, Estonia
"Now, Right Now, Yet Still", 2009, 10 min.
Participant: Tülay Uguz
Text: Tülay Uguz
Location: Helsingör, Denmark
"There is a Small Balcony on the Bedroom Side", 2009, 7 min.
Participant: Elmas Deniz
Voice: Sebnem Hassanisoughi.
Text: "Yeçim"
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
"One - Two - Three, - Mangalia!", 2008, 12 min.
Participants: Laura Vaida, Izabela Bogasiu
Text: Ana Igua
Location: Mangalia, Romania
"A Letter Home", 2008, 17.30 min.
Participant: Snejana Ilieva Rasheva
Text: Stefana Serafina
Location: Balchik, Bulgaria
"The Letter from Odessa", 2008, 21 min.
Participant: Maria Navrotskaya
Text: "Marie"
Location: Odessa, Ukraine
“Norway Fjords, Studio – Song”, 2008, 21.30 min.
Participants:
> Twiggy Pop:
Maria Navrotskaya (vocal)
Alexander Kohanovski (piano, bass, programming)
Misha Krikalov (beats, loops,mix)
Sergei Klein (mouth harp)
Alexei Sviderski (space, presence, input)
Vika & Andrei Sechkovski (for being there)
Sasha Furdak (for tech. support)
Location: 26/27.05.2008 Odessa, Ukraine
“Efrosina, Sofia – Varna”, 2008-09, 7 min.
Text: Efrosina Peneva
Location: Varna, Bulgaria
"Antoaneta", 2008, 18 min.
Participant: Antoaneta Hansteen
Location: Oslo, Norway
---------------------------------------------
Producer:
Intercult, Sweden
BLACK/NORTH SEAS
Co-producer:
Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway
Supported by Arts Council Norway
