5th Sept. 12:00 - 13:00
Reykajvík Botanical Garden
Free
Plant theatre
What is a plant theater? Who is it for? Is it possible to create a theater for plants? As a plant or with plants?
The plant theater will be shown in Grasagarðurinn at 12:00, Saturday 5 September and guests are asked to bring a plant with them.
The theatre- and performance maker Lóa Björk Björnsdóttir became interested in creating art for plants when she created a stage art work for potted plants in her living room in 2017. The work is called Plantasía and has been in development ever since and in 2020 Plantasía II was shown at the performing arts festival Plöntutíð. Current Plantasía's edition is a co - creative theatre where children get to know methods for creating their own Plant Theater. Together, plant specialists aged 9-12 went on an artistic research and created all kinds of Plant Theaters. The children got to know the plant kingdom, got to know plants and found their inner plant. Together, the children and the plants wrote a short play and found their inner plant. Scenes from Plantasía mix in, where Lóa, Salvör and Eygló continue their attempts to create art for plants.
There will also be a workshop for a family lesson in Gerðarsafn on Saturday 4 September between 13:00-15: 00. Everyone is welcome.
About the artist
Lóa Björk Björnsdóttir graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2017. Since graduating, she has focused on stand-up, radio- and television production. Among the projects that Lóa has worked on are Fyndnustu mínar stand up evenings, the podcast Athyglisbrestur á lokastigi (e. Attention Deficit Disorder in the final stages) and the reality shows Æði. Lóa also has experience in devised theater, but she became interested in art creation for plants when she created a performance for potted plants in her living room. The work is called Plantasía and has been in development and taken on new forms. For example, Plantasía II was shown at the performance arts festival Plöntutíð 2020. The current work of Plantasía is a devised theater with children where the children get to know methods for creating their own Plant Theater. The questions the work asks are, can plants benefit from art? Can we make art without trying to appeal to human audiences?