Plastic Memory was created on the road, in the intersections where cultures intertwine, where memories create the backdrop for new expectations and experiences.

Our bodies carry history. Memories evaporate through movement. Images rewind and reappear. Hearing a forgotten song. When we can no longer see each other…

The work explores the play between society’s collective memory and code and the individual’s private memory and references by investigating the symbiotic relationship between memory and emotion as vehicles for expression of identity.

Choreography and direction: Kari Hoaas
Choreography: Kari Hoaas in collaboration with the performers
Original Music: Laurent Cosani
Additional Music: Petrie/Wingate and Mum
Text: Kari Hoaas in collaboration with the performers
Film: Anders Hoaas senior, 1946
Video Editing: Andre Austvoll
Lighting Design: Marianne Thallaug Wedset
Costume Design: Kari Hoaas
Photocredit: Andre Austvoll
Length: 55 minutes

Performers: Marcel Bassachs/Sittibancha Bamphen, Kari Hoaas, Silje Høgaas, Mei-Yin Ng, Antonio Ramos

Performances:
March 1st, 2007, Dance House Norway, Oslo, Norway
March 2nd, 2007, Dance House Norway, Oslo, Norway
March 3rd, 2007, Dance House Norway, Oslo, Norway
March 4th, 2007, Dance House Norway, Oslo, Norway
May 17th, 2007, Urban Arts Collective at The Pickle Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
May 18th, 2007, Urban Arts Collective at The Pickle Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
May 19th, 2007, Urban Arts Collective at The Pickle Company, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Plastic Memory is a Kari Hoaas Production commissioned by Dance House Norway in Oslo. Funds for the work were provided by Arts Council Norway and The Norwegian Fund for Performing Artists. The work was created, in part at a Cia Lantana residency in Barcelona, Spain. The performances in Salt Lake City were made possible by TrasaUrban Arts Collective.

February 28th, 2007, Excerpts at Project Eureka Dance, Central Penitentriary Brians, Sant Esteve ses Robires, Spain