Ultima Context
Migration: People and Music in Flux
Pre-Festival warmup evening
Kulturhuset, Laboratoriet
10/9, 19.00
Free Entry
Q&A: Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen in conversation with Rob Young
Live Music: Rolf-Erik Nystrøm – saxophone / Kouame Sereba - various instruments
Film: Human Flow (2017) Ai Weiwei (dir.), 140 min.
Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei released his massive film documenting the current state of human migration all over the world last year, with music by contemporary music composer Karsten Fundal.
In advance of the opening of Ultima 2018, we present a special screening of the film plus a short concert by the two Oslo based musicians Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Kouame Sereba.
Also, the evening will present an introduction to the main theme within the festival programme 2018: Migration: People and Music in Flux, in a conversation between incoming Ultima artistic director, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen and Rob Young.
In collaboration with Kulturhuset.
Ultima Context is supported by Norsk Komponistforening, Fritt Ord and Bergesenstiftelsen.
