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03:08:38 States of Emergency:

 

“The work is driven by an operatic impulse, in which the chain of events is treated like a score—a second-by-second, minute-by-minute calibration that turns time itself into musical material.”(…)

 

“Rather than focusing on the perpetrator’s psychology, Lid insists on an operatic form in which the temporal progression is composed like a score. The dramaturgical structure becomes a musical structure—a precise, almost obsessive organization of the catastrophe in time.”(…)

 

(…)“Through its operatic disposition, the performance transforms time into music: events are measured, scored, and performed like a composition in which the seconds themselves become rhythm and structure.”

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Locacritica, Massimo Milella, Translated from Italian (https://www.locacritica.com/post/international-living-theater-festival

"Deafeningly powerful", Matti Saarela

"I have seen hundreds of plays, dance shows and performances during my life, but it was difficult to find anything comparable to this among the memories. Espoo Teatteri & had now redeemed its promise all at once. Yes, Finland's most international theater operates in Espoo, and the States of Emergency, which ended Skandiviikot on Sunday, is a real leap into the world of contemporary theater."
Matti Saarela, (https://www.kielipuolenpaivakirja.fi/ )

«There is only one performance you will ever need to see about 22nd of July, this one! »  Kari Frøysland, NRK, Norwegian National Broadcast (NO)

«A rare and impressive piece of art, masterfully conceived, and masterfully executed» Jan Landro, Dag og Tid​

«I could never imagine a minute-by-minute theatre performance about the terrorist attack on Norway July 22nd 2011, would be amongst the most meaningful performances I’ve ever seen in theatre»  Kari Frøysland, NRK

«In fact «03:08:38 States of emergency» may prove to be the most important artistic treatment of the terrorist attack on 22/7 ever»  Mode Steinkjer, Dagsavisen (NO)

«It seems Incredibly dramatic in all its minimalism, as much as we can`t bear to follow the neon green trail of led-bulbs through the landscape that indicates the ticking countdown of the drama by lighting up minute by minute. Whenever someone is killed, they light up in red.» Monna Ditmer, Politiken (DK)

«The fact that we sit together and follow the whole process minute by-minute, and are equally powerless in the face of actions and reactions, is a convincing undertaking in Tore Vagn Lid’s work» Casper Koeller - Sceneblog (DK)