The MIN ensemble project for Illios festival 2008.

The Min ensemble is located in Narvik

The effect of blackout and a 50w floor can.

We are focusing on a makro concert for percussionist and ensemble.
Working with music for the ensemble by Rim and Lachermann
Kjell Tore instructing the Stacks by Oyvind Torvund, a solo piece for Percussion and ensemble.

Working with lightning, focus on off, what do you see, what do you hear,
Positions, sound, dynamics, swithches on-off. fade in -out.

Using light as focus shift, but not althering the sound?

Opening the stage with light, dimentions X, Y, Z.

The light as an active listening focus shifter,

	Erik and Jorgen responding to Ole (the clarinet players) questions on how to perform Lachermanns technics
Kjell Tore instructing and playing the Stacks of Music by Oyvind Torvund for the ensemble. We started with individual sounds with out the instrumente, trying to get as close as possible. Then with instruments. Then I put together serias of the sounds used in the piece.They responded, all together, individuals, only parts of the fraces, groups of the ensemble, Difficult to absorb the material and be able to copy the tune. The soundmaterial is very strange and it is really demanding to keep focus.
yvind and Ingvild responding to Kjell Tore instructing and playing the Styacks of Music by Oyvind Torvund.
Johanes, Hans Urban and Ingvild trying out the light switches on the feet coresponding to instructions from Erik and Jorgen.

Workshop II 26 and 17 of Nowember 2007

Rehearsal week in the end of January 2008

Concert at Illios festival in Harstad end of January 2008

Mozart, Sinding You and Me for the Oslo Sinfonietta
Grieg pilot 2007 for the Norwegian Academy of Music
MIN ensemble for the Illios festival
Erik's perfomance piece "Head On" f or drummer, playing on head.