The performances Before The SUN Disappears Again / Part 1 – Rett Ved Sak, The Amazing Presents: ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC (half a plan, half a miracle), and PARASITT 1 are part of Black Box teater’s 40th anniversary weekend. Read more here!
We find ourselves in a surreal, absurd, and post-catastrophic world. After many years of wars and conflicts that have left the cities in ruins, the state, in an attempt to control the chaos, has introduced a strict democratic system. All citizens are required to participate in trials concerning the many aspects of everyday life, either as jury members or as defendants. The aim is to ensure collective involvement in decisions regarding those the state considers a potential threat to society’s security.
The audience is given VR headsets and a controller, and enters the experience as members of the jury – side by side with the virtual characters.
Before The SUN Disappears Again / Part 1 – Rett Ved Sak is an interactive and immersive theatre project that merges physical and virtual realities. The performance is inspired by the concept of Lucid Dream – a state that occurs during REM sleep, when one is aware of dreaming and can partially control the actions within the dream.
● Waad Amer is an artist and visual designer focusing on film, virtual reality, and experimental storytelling. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Design from the Norwegian Film School in Oslo and a Bachelor’s degree in Production Design from the Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer.
Her practice spans film, VR, and installation art, and she has a background as a voice actor in Syria and Lebanon. After moving to Norway, she has worked as a scenography assistant and actor. Before deciding to pursue an artistic career, she studied biology for two years at Damascus University, specializing in microbiology.
