Little Vikings are Never Lost
Devised and Performed by Jenna Watt
Photo - Jannica Honey
Inspired by sweeping Norwegian landscapes and contemporary Scandinavian music,
Little Vikings Are Never Lost is an original theatrical event, within which the
audience inhabit an installed other-world.
A young woman wanders through an entirely fabricated environment, surrounded by
trinkets, odd objects and surreal constructions. We meet her in a place to lose oneself
in, or, as it transpires, a place to run away. Holding herself responsible for a tragedy
in her childhood, the woman, Siv, constructs a world for herself – a surreal and
absurd landscape that grows and becomes a model for life.
When the anonymous letters begin to arrive, Siv’s world comes under threat from
intrusions both comforting and tormenting, reminders of a journey she has been
trying to forget. Siv begins to realise she can’t be lost forever. Someone knows where
she is, and someone is coming to get her.
Drawing on contemporary visual and conceptual art, Little Vikings are Never Lost is
a solo performance devised and performed by Jenna Watt. A live installation as well
as a theatrical event, it is created with the intention that the audience can experience
and contribute to the environment by gifting a potential prop prior to the
performance. The artist, Jenna Watt, will then integrate some of these props into the
narrative and improvise material around them.
Using elements of physical theatre and strong imagery, Jenna Watt is an emerging
artist whose first solo piece, BENCH, was presented at the National Review of Live Art.
Little Vikings Are Never Lost is an original theatrical event, within which the
audience inhabit an installed other-world.
A young woman wanders through an entirely fabricated environment, surrounded by
trinkets, odd objects and surreal constructions. We meet her in a place to lose oneself
in, or, as it transpires, a place to run away. Holding herself responsible for a tragedy
in her childhood, the woman, Siv, constructs a world for herself – a surreal and
absurd landscape that grows and becomes a model for life.
When the anonymous letters begin to arrive, Siv’s world comes under threat from
intrusions both comforting and tormenting, reminders of a journey she has been
trying to forget. Siv begins to realise she can’t be lost forever. Someone knows where
she is, and someone is coming to get her.
Drawing on contemporary visual and conceptual art, Little Vikings are Never Lost is
a solo performance devised and performed by Jenna Watt. A live installation as well
as a theatrical event, it is created with the intention that the audience can experience
and contribute to the environment by gifting a potential prop prior to the
performance. The artist, Jenna Watt, will then integrate some of these props into the
narrative and improvise material around them.
Using elements of physical theatre and strong imagery, Jenna Watt is an emerging
artist whose first solo piece, BENCH, was presented at the National Review of Live Art.
