Björn Säfsten

Photo from Björn Säfsten's "And so were gone".

Photo: Märta Thisner

During their residency at MDT Björn worked on "And so we're gone" which will be playing October 26-28 2023, at Elverket.

From intricate patterns of walking, twisting and sudden stops, the work emerges.  "And so we're gone" creating a detailed and fascinating web of movement. Through formations, geometries, rituals and everydayness are formed where memories are blown in, or are they fantasies, intensities of a life lived and a life lost. The work is based on a repeated pattern of walking, a choreographic approach approached with humour, seriousness, memories and a dose of imagination. The relationship between the infinity of time and our own finite mortality has been at the centre of the process. How are we stopped by a memory that attacks us suddenly? Do we understand the inexorable march of time, for real, or perhaps always too late?

Björn Säfsten continues to challenge the abstract and concrete at the heart of the movement in a work that hopefully only you will crack the secret.