Pytheas Travels
Tøyen Fil og Klafferi I Ergon Ensemble I Maja S.K. Ratkje I Hypercomf
Showings and tickets
Showings and tickets
Friday, 15/09
Saturday, 16/09
Pytheas Travels takes its name from the real life ancient Greek mariner whose writings about his incredible voyages were lost forever in the great fire of Alexandria. Composer Maja S.K. Ratkje, the Greek multidisciplinary artist duo Hypercomf and a musician crew have taken his journeys around the Mediterranean Sea and all the way up to the frozen north, as the starting point of a turbulent musical cruise that includes lavish parties, an onboard fire, and AI programmers encountered in the belly of a whale.
Scenes filmed around the coastlines of Greece and Norway show the contrasts between the two locations, and the historic connections between them via trade and tourism. A chamber band on stage plays a kind of modern electronic lounge music, while the increasingly strange surroundings are glimpsed through a series of portholes. Take your place on the deck of the good ship On the Ocean and prepare to be whisked away to another world.
PS: The bar in Vinterhagen opens one hour before the performance. Explore their exclusive Pytheas cocktail menu featuring drinks mixed specifically for this occasion.
Pytheas Travels is part of the Transmissions project, supported by the EEA Grants programme and the Norwegian Financial Mechanisms 2014–2021. Transmissions is coordinated by Onassis Stegi (Greece) in partnership with Ultima.
ultimAdvisor
Deckchairlover72
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Wow
Throughout the performance, voices, images and music weave a story from mythology, mass tourism and maritime marvels. A thought-provoking package tour that made me question what mass travel has done to us and the planet. I’ve already booked my cabin for next year!
CapnBirdseye
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Oceanic fun
From the comfort of your seat in the marble hall of Sentralen you embark on a journey that will leave you with lifelong memories. I liked the way the auditorium became an extension of the stage-set, so that it felt like we were sitting inside the cruiseship’s dining hall. It made the experience so vivid I could almost smell the salt spray and hear the seagulls overhead.
Maja Solveig Kjestrup Ratkje I Photo: Ellen Lande Gossner
Hypercomf I Photo: Hypercomf
Tøyen Fil og Klafferi I Photo: Anna-Julia Granberg / Blunderbuss
Concept and composition
Maja S.K. Ratkje
Concept and video
Hypercomf
Musicians
Tøyen Fil og Klafferi and Ergon Ensemble
Speakerphone Narrator Voice
Guri Glans
Pytheas Narrator Voice
Torbjørn Davidsen
Live Sound, Video & Light Synchronization
Trond Kjelsås
Stage Light Design
Eliza Alexandropoulou
Costume design
Lita Kokkonari
Musicians in Recording and Video
Manos Ventouras, Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou, Konstantinos Panagiotidis, Dimitris Travlos, Hanne Jones Rekdal, Elena Perales Andreu, Eira Bjørnstad Foss, Marianne Baudouin Lie, Tove Margrethe Erikstad
Musicians in Recording
Maja S.K. Ratkje, Amund Sjølie Sveen, Craig Snowden, Richard Burrows
In collaboration with
Sentralen Mat
Co-produced by
Onassis Stegi
Co-funded by
Bergesenstiftelsen, EEA and Norway Grants as a part of Transmissions
