{"id":31980,"date":"2026-03-13T12:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T11:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/ava-astrid-kjaer-symbiotic\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T20:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:12:44","slug":"ava-astrid-kjaer-symbiotic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metropolis.dk\/en\/ava-astrid-kjaer-symbiotic\/","title":{"rendered":"AVA \/ ASTRID KJ\u00c6R \u2013 Symbiotic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Human and nature merge in an animation performance<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Come close – into the finest details – when life emerges and disappears again.<\/p>\n

The animation company AVA invites us into a speculative microworld where humans and nature merge – a sensory landscape in which the boundaries between the man-made and the natural begin to dissolve.<\/p>\n

We often think of humans and nature as opposites: the industrialised human versus the original nature. Human intervention disrupting the natural. But what happens if humans surrender and allow themselves to be absorbed by nature?<\/p>\n

In animation performances, it is usually the human who brings figures and materials to life. But can nature also animate the human? Experience a sensory experiment where what we know as puppet theatre takes on new meaning, as the human steps back and lets something else take over.<\/p>\n

\"AstridABOUT AVA \/ ASTRID KJ\u00c6R<\/strong><\/h5>\n

AVA is an interdisciplinary, performative collaboration with animation theatre at its core. They invite the audience to immerse themselves in abstract, emotional landscapes where all elements hold equal value: space, light, words, knowledge, sound, and bodies – human as well as other kinds. Because everything carries an inherent life force.<\/p>\n

The world is not linear and cannot be fully defined, and therefore AVA creates space for intuitive, sensory experiences – free from predefined interpretations.<\/p>\n

Astrid Kj\u00e6r is trained as a puppeteer from the Hochschule f\u00fcr Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin. Since then, she has worked as a performer, director, teacher, and consultant. Astrid is the artistic director of AVA and performs in Symbiotic.
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