NEIND THING
Concept and choreography: Inga Huld Hákonardóttir
Dancers, performers and Co-creators: Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir, Védís Kjartansdóttir, Inga Huld Hákonardóttir
Live drums and sound designer, performer and co-creator: Ægir Sindri Bjarnason
Scenography: Guðný Hrund Sigurðardóttir
Light design and performance: Arnar Ingvarsson
Text and lyrics: Inga Huld Hákonardóttir, Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir and Védís Kjartansdóttir
Dramaturgy and artistic advice: Ásgerður Gunnarsdóttir, Halla Ólafsdóttir
Dancers, performers and Co-creators: Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir, Védís Kjartansdóttir, Inga Huld Hákonardóttir
Live drums and sound designer, performer and co-creator: Ægir Sindri Bjarnason
Scenography: Guðný Hrund Sigurðardóttir
Light design and performance: Arnar Ingvarsson
Text and lyrics: Inga Huld Hákonardóttir, Salvör Gullbrá Þórarinsdóttir and Védís Kjartansdóttir
Dramaturgy and artistic advice: Ásgerður Gunnarsdóttir, Halla Ólafsdóttir
Neind Is Not Everything; It’s Every Thing:
What if the answer to everything was nothing? Neind is the Icelandic word for nothing. In Neind Thing (Nothing Thing) we ask nothing to solve the problems of the world. Nothingness as a practice of elimination, as a dance, as a symbol and a ritual.
Neind Thing is based on the desire to be freed from our current anxieties, from hopelessness in the face of a dystopian future, from constant media stimuli and a paradoxical attention-stealing online world. We contemplate nothing’s potential; our right to nothingness as a form of resistance. We seek nothingness as a pathway to freedom; freedom from chaos and unwanted distractions, freedom to care, freedom to choose what we pay attention to and how. We employ Neind as a tactic to stave off the incessant overload present in its opposite, Everything.
The performance moves between a presentation of a meticulous dance practice, an intense punk concert and a surreal meta-fictional theater.
Neind Thing is based on the desire to be freed from our current anxieties, from hopelessness in the face of a dystopian future, from constant media stimuli and a paradoxical attention-stealing online world. We contemplate nothing’s potential; our right to nothingness as a form of resistance. We seek nothingness as a pathway to freedom; freedom from chaos and unwanted distractions, freedom to care, freedom to choose what we pay attention to and how. We employ Neind as a tactic to stave off the incessant overload present in its opposite, Everything.
The performance moves between a presentation of a meticulous dance practice, an intense punk concert and a surreal meta-fictional theater.