7 prøverom (seven dressing rooms) –“Gi meg en grunn til å være en kvinne”
2000; Film and art exhibition with music by SPUNK The film artikkel i Kilden, 19.10.1999: Kvinnelighet på utstilling 20. oktober åpner utstillingen “7 prøverom” på Norsk Folkemuseum. Utstillingen tar...
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Fire rare påfunn
2001; dur: 30; Concert performance for children by SPUNK The children have prepared four secret objects for SPUNK which the musicians will use in an improvised concert/shadow theatre performance....
View ArticleComposition for Three Floors/ Komposisjon for tre etasjer
2001; dur: 16'-20'; Perc, acc. and voice in three levels A comission for Steinhuset (an old stonehouse) in Hadeland, Norway. Performed by Cathrine Nyheim, Frode Haltli and Maja S. K. Ratkje....
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The Builders / Innbyggerne -et byggesett
2002; dur:40'; Dance performance by Odd Johan Fritzøe, Norwegian text by Cecilie Løveid, electronic music by Fe-mail. Choreography: Odd Johan Fritzøe Music: Fe-mail Set design: Karl Hansen Texts:...
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2003; dur: 25; Electronic music based on voice recordings Made for recorded novel by Øystein Stene. Record link
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Help
2004; dur: 5'; Electronic Nail scraping sounds as main sound source, produced for an art project curated by Thom Bailey. Special cover art by Ratkje. Record link
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Wintergarden
2005; dur: 20'; A film by Daria Martin with music by Maja S. K. Ratkje The last, main part of the music is on the record River Mouth Echoes. Loosely structured around the compelling myth of...
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Soldatmarkedet – installation
2005; Installation by Monica Aasprong, sound by Maja S. K. Ratkje Programme notes: Soldatmarkedet, Soldiers’ Market, is a textwork in different parts. Fragments has been published in literary journals,...
View ArticleJazzgym
2005; Concert performance by SPUNK with video by Håkon Kornstad SPUNK found an instruction book from the late sixties with the mighty title ‘Jazzgym’. We decided to do the lessons and have them...
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Reir (Nest)
This is how we do it (text from the making of Nest in Bodø): SPUNK has taken possession of Bodø’s disused pizza restaurant. For four days they have trawled the town for objects with which to build a...
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Breathe
2008; dur: 6'; Electronic SONIC VISTA is a project by Nuproductions in cooperation with Stavanger2008. 10 benches designed by Mil Strivovik and produced by the company Ranso are placed at various sites...
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LYS (LIGHT)
A commission by SPUNK for the 40th anniversary of the Henie Onstad Art Centre. LIGHT is an interaction between the art centre’s environment and the musicians, in which, over a period of time, SPUNK...
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Desibel
The Worlds Largest Mobile Horn Loudspeaker Sound system Desibel, a mobile sound art project, commissioned by Vevringutstillinga in 2009 for their 30 years anniversary. At its first performance, the...
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Birds and Traces
2010; Concert performance and 3 installations by Maja S. K. Ratkje and Kathy Hinde A commission from Faster Than Sound, Aldeburgh Music (UK). The piece(s) can be adopted to new locations. Parallel...
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Dancing Cranes
2010; Installation by Maja S. K. Ratkje and Kathy Hinde Kathy Hinde has animated delicate origami Cranes using small motors. They fly to a soundtrack by Norwegian composer Maja S. K. Ratkje. The speed...
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NEID
2011; dur: 10 episodes à 55'; Radio play by Elfriede Jelinek/Frode Haltli/Maja S. K. Ratkje/Karl Bruckmaier A new radio play with text by Elfriede Jelinek. To be premiered fall 2011 at the radio and...
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A Soul of a City
2012; dur: 5'40"; Music for new film by Liselotte Wajstedt Made with voice and electronics, inspired by the sound of the mountain grouse.
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Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK
Das Wohltemperierte SPUNK is a 12 year long project where we played through the twelwe tones of the well tempered tuning of the chromatic scale. J.S. Bach made his Wohltemperierte Klavier, a study of...
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Crepuscular Hour
2010/12; dur: 60'; 3 choirs, 6 noise musicians, church organ, cond., sound and light tech; Score and parts at mic.no Crepuscular Hour is a one hour long piece to be performed in a cathedral or similar...
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If The Walls Could Sing
2013; Installation This sound and video installation utilizes the Dance studio of the Vooruit, the ‘people’s building’ in Ghent, also the crib of “The Internationale”. Eight singers from the choir...
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