Verdensteatret

Verdensteatret

Verdensteatret is an Oslo-based art collective founded in 1986 by Lisbeth J. Bodd and Asle Nilsen. Verdensteatret consists of video and sound artists, painters and poets, and sculptors and computer programmers who together have developed an intricate audiovisual style. Their poetics is characterised by a dedicated long-term development, creating scenes of sensuous activity and an ongoing experimentation within different media which result in space related orchestral works. Combining aspects of concerts, theatrical performances, and visual art installations, the company builds many of its large scale productions from raw materials collected during journeys combined with stories of the fragile human soul.

Verdensteatret’s work has been shown at the Brooklyn Academy for Music in New York, On the Boards in Seattle, Sonica Glasgow, Sonic Acts in Amsterdam, Kampnagel in Hamburg, NCCA (National Center for Contemporary Art) in Moscow, the 8th Shanghai Biennale at the Shanghai Art Museum, Ultima - Contemporary Music festival, Henie Onstad Art Center and Black Box teater in Oslo, among others.