Museum of Tellers
Museum of Tellers is a project on the politics of memory and inheritance; a participatory choreographic work involving the elders and young-teens living in the Municipality of Södertälje. It invites the elders of Södertälje to share stories, fantasies, dreams and anecdotes to create together a pool of memories, which is later interpreted by young people of Södertälje, acting as "future orators of our memory" in a performance of dancing sculptures and storytelling. The year-long project has the central objective of being a space for intergenerational sharing and transmission of stories, facilitating an articulation of the voices of these two groups and giving it public expression.
The project is carried out in 2 phases. The first phase consists in a series of letter exchanges and telephone conversations with elderlies of Södertälje. During the second phase of the project we use the collected material for a series of workshops with a selected group of early-teenagers students of dance and theatre at the Kulturskolan of Södertälje. The workshops will culminate in a public performance, as a “museum of dancing sculptures and storytelling”.
Rita Bennich and Stig Zamolo photographed by Mirko Guido
Credits
Concept and direction: Mirko Guido
Collaborating artist: Amanda Billberg
With the voice of and the performance by the elders and young-teens of the Municipality of Södertälje
Special thanks to Yari Stilo
Produced by Mirko Guido and Amanda Billberg, with the collaboration of Kultur365 (Södertälje Municipality). Supported by CCAP, Klump (Subtopia) and Kulturrådet Sweden.
Performances
Summer 2022 Municipality of Södertälje