Treework
Treework is a collaboration between the artists of Landmarks and trees in the Østmarka forest close to Oslo, Norway. It is an attempt at opening ourselves to the embodied knowledge that trees have.
The work is based on the assumption that trees are creative beings, expressing themselves in movement and music. Working with the trees we are finding ways of having human performers, perform the songs and movements of trees. In other words, Treework is choreographed and composed by trees - we are merely building a bridge between different kinds of expression.
The performance premiered in June 2025 during Festival Oerol (NL) and will have its Norwegian premiere in May 2026 at Black Box Teater, after this the work will be performing at Festival Gaudeamus in Utrecht (NL) the 13th of September 2026.
More information about Landmarks: www.landmarkscollective.com
Credits
Concept: Mees Borgman & Espen Hjort & Østmarka
Direction: Espen Hjort & Østmarka
Performance: Mees Borgman, Julie Solberg, Ruth Borg & Østmarka
Music: Seán ó Dálaigh & Østmarka
Scenography and light: Østmarka
Dramaturgy: Floor Cremers & Østmarka
Costumes: Peny Spanou & Østmarka
Produced by Stichting Skorpetind and Black Box Teater.