Svart-hvitt bilde av en kvinne. Sjø i bakgrunnen. Foran seg har hun en gjennomsiktig skulptur som kan minne om glass. Skulpturen har mørke ringer inni seg, og vi kan skimte kvinnens ansikt gjennom skulpturen. Kvinnen er alvorlig. Hun har på seg en lys topp med glidelås på brystet. ENG: Black and white photo of a woman. Sea in the background. In front of her is a transparent sculpture that may resemble glass. The sculpture has dark rings inside, and we can glimpse the woman's face through the sculpture. The woman is serious. She is wearing a bright top with a zipper on the chest.

Marie Rechsteiner – Altered states of ego

Residence week 5 & 6 / 2024

Altered states of ego is a solo project by Marie Rechsteiner that explores the development of an alternative personality, an alter ego that can fearlessly stand in an unpleasant reality.

The solo is the product of a longer artistic exploration around the solo’s potential, the inherent expression of the body and mind, and the development of an alternative identity.

The project alternates between utopia/dystopia, body/mind and between language/movement. An alternative reality is created, an escapism from the unpleasant realities of everyday life. A way for the individual to navigate a larger whole, and a space to explore inner conflicts. The project was first shown at Berlin Art Week in September 2023 as part of a “triple bill”. In the residency, Marie will continue her work with further exploration and the goal of developing an all-evening solo.

About the artist

Marie Rechsteiner is a Norwegian dance artist, based between Trondheim and Berlin. She graduated from the University of Stavanger in 2012 with a Bachelor in dance, and has a Master in Dance Studies from NTNU. She has been engaged as a performer in a number of performances and collaborative projects, in addition to developing her own choreographic practice. A large part of her work is of an interdisciplinary nature, where movement is combined with sound art, video projections, objects and site-specific, improvised interaction. Thematically, her work revolves around current social issues and looks at how society’s discourses are manifested in the body and can be seen in the choreographic work. As a performer, she has worked with, among others, Malin Bülow, Cirka Teater, Øyvind Jørgensen/Hege Gabrielsen, Yaniv Cohen, Jasper Siverts, Yasen Vaslilev, CrotonicX, With/Teig, Benoit Maubrey, Incorpo/Raffaella Galdi, Yan Leiva, Christian Falsnaes and Alexandra Pirici. She has also been part of the collaborative project Yngvesson/Rechsteiner. She is one of the founders of the studio collective Garage – Werkstatt für Darstellende Künste, a production and display arena for the free field in Berlin.

Supported by

The project is supported by Trondheim Municipality’s Founder’s Grant and Fund for Performing Artists.