You Are a Day Tomorrow
– The Classroom as Battlefield
You Are a Day Tomorrow, a spatial audio play, experienced in a classroom. It is a memoir tying past and present, a personal narrative exploring the social dynamics of school and the institutional influence on the body and soul. It presents an auditory sensitivity analysis that examines nostalgia and brutality. You Are a Day Tomorrow is an invitation to listen with equal parts nostalgia, hope, and desperation, through headphones whilst sitting on chairs in a classroom.
The work is created by the performing arts company, Convoi Exceptionnel, staged by Jon R. Skulberg and developed in collaboration with writer Tina Åmodt, composer and sound artist Kristian Hverring, and dramaturg Astrid Hansen Holm. Convoi Exceptionnel is a company focusing on an interdisciplinary and spatial-somatic approach to choreography, theatre, opera, and installations. Skulberg stages immersive spaces, leaving imprints and impressions.
Trilogy for Educational Spaces
You Are a Day Tomorrow is the third part of the Trilogy for Educational Spaces. Each part is set in a specific location, where the audience reencounters an institutional space from childhood. The company invites us into these institutions and educational spaces that are deeply imprinted into our bodies and minds. Here, richly atmospheric experiences are created in the setting of everyday life, away from the usual terrains of art. Convoi Exceptionnel explores three spaces - a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and a classroom.
Photos: Louise Herrche Serup
Concept/stage direction/manuscript: Jon R. Skulberg
Text: Tina Åmodt
Binaural composition and sound design: Kristian Hverring
Dramaturgy/manuscript: Astrid Hansen Holm
Voice director: Lisbeth Sonne Andersen
Voices in Danish edition: Asger Bech, Lisbeth Sonne Andersen, Sofie Lebech
Voices in English edition: Florian Svarre Couët, Diana Moisa, Frederikke Hooge Steen Berg
Voices in Faroese edition: Ria Tórgarð, Mariann Hansen, Kristian Samuel Valle Zachariassen
English translation: Ulrik Trojaborg
Faroese translation: Trygvi Danielsen
Administration: Jens Christian Jensen
Producer: Nikoline Jørgensen
Production: Convoi Exceptionnel
Co-production/Presentation: Dansehallerne, PASSAGE Festival, The Nordic House in the Faroe Islands, Listaleypurin
Supported by:
Danish Arts Foundation
William Demant Foundation
Nordic Culture Point
Duration: One school hour - 45 minutes
Audience: +13 år
Language: Either Danish, English or Faroese