ÆRA is an interdisciplinary video installation about the Anthropocene age. On two screens we meet the women called Day and Night, each of whom faces a dystopian future. One walks in a desert during the sun-filled daytime hours, while the other walks dynamically into the dark night. Will they ever meet? The monologue to the Night character is written based on a priestess’s 20,000-year-old prayer. We are also introduced to the everyday objects of our time – the fossils of the future.
The work is not moral but tries to reflect on what is handed over to descendants. Set designer and visual artist Pelle Staack has previously created set designs for various performing arts projects as well as sets for the Danish Broadcasting Cooperation. Playwright Alexandra Moltke Johansen has most recently written a libretto for the opera Myth about Darkness and received the Danish Art Foundation’s work grant. Director and performer Marie Holm Østerskov has worked on several performances with gender themes such as Gender – a Travel Handbook and Genderless DK.