Knoster is an exploration of how movement, in and over time, shape our bodies, and how the sensation of time is shaped by bodies in movement. Tension and relaxation is what builds up our flesh and bones, thus the work of the past remains a part of what now is at work.
The fluctuating relationships between the movements of arms and legs, the swings of a sledgehammer and a long slow pendulum reflects on how our experience of time can be a reflection of a space, and how our experience of space can be reflected in our perception of time.
The music of the piece is inspired by the pump bells of old mining facilities. Their continuos ringing would signal that the water drainage was working properly and that the work in the mines could continue. Like a clockwork, they constantly made time present, a stark contrast to the eternal darkness of the mines, where neither sun nor moon could bear witness of the passing of time.
Supported by: Dalateatern, Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee, IASPIS, Tuvumi, Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse, Sweden-Latvia cooperation fund,
Abstractography, music, scenography: Erik Eriksson