Performance: When I See You. I See a Garden (Collective Sound)
Photo: Tora Johanne Turøy
When I See You. I See a Garden (Collective Sound)
13 September 12:00–16:00
When I See You. I See a Garden unfolds through three live iterations presented within the exhibition A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow. The exhibition draws from Maritea Dæhlin’s performance practice into video, photography, sound and text, while the live works move back toward the presence of the live body, voice, collective situations and shared space.
Collective Sound is a four-hour durational collective work for five performers, developed as a score for voices, text and sound. Language moves between meaning and sound: at moments spoken, read or sung, at others dissolving into fragments, silence and improvisation. The audience is free to move in and out of the space.
The performance is part of Ultima 2026.
CONCEPT, COMPOSITION AND TEXT Maritea Dæhlin
PERFORMERS Nosizwe Baqwa, Sara Baban, Uma Feed, Angelle Khachik, Maritea Dæhli
SOUND DESIGN Truls HannemyrSCENOGRAPHER Soh Tokunaga
ARTISTIC DIALOGUE PARTNERAngelle Khachik
PRODUCER Elisabeth C. Gmeiner
SUPPORTED BY Kulturrådet and Fritt Ord
Bio
Maritea Dæhlin (b. 1986, Oslo) lives and works in Norway and Mexico. Dæhlin is an interdisciplinary artist working with performance, sound, video, photography and text. Her practice unfolds across both live and exhibition-based formats, from solo performances and collective situations to video and sound installations, with an exploration of voice, listening and shifting perspectives as recurring themes.
Dæhlin is educated at Nordic Black Express in Oslo (2005–2007) and holds a BA from Dartington College of Arts in England (2007–2010). Her work has been nominated for Kritikerprisen (2020) and the Hedda Award (2022), and has been shown at venues including Black Box teater, MUNCH, the Sydney Biennale, the Center for Performance Researchin New York, Centro Cultural España in Mexico City, Defibrillator Galleryin Chicago, and San Agustín Arts Centre in Oaxaca. A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow is Dæhlin’s first solo exhibition in Norway.
Maritea Dæhlin
A-FI-SA. But it might not be tomorrow
