Billetter
Tuomas’s instrument will be built across the festival week, resonating at all times the sauna is open.
Booking is now open via Laugaren's booking system!
There will also be several unique sessions with Tuomas during the festival week:
Wed 12 March
07.00–08.00 Bathe & Talk with Tuomas
08.00–09.00 Bathe & Talk with Tuomas
Thurs 13 March
13.00–14.30 Bathe & Talk with Tuomas
20.30–22.00 Guided Sonic Bathing with Tuomas
Fri 14 March
07.00–08.00 Bathe & Talk with Tuomas
08.00–09.00 Bathe & Talk with Tuomas
Sun 16 March
10.00–11.30 Bathe & Talk with Tuomas
Man 17 March
08.00–09.30 Post Festival Cleanse with Tuomas
PRACTICAL INFO
Wear swimwear in the sauna, and bring your bathrobe if you have one.
You can change in the changing area that is curtained off inside Laugaren, or under your towel in the common area.
In order to keep the sauna clean, bring two towels – one to dry yourself off with, and another to sit on.
Bring your own water bottle to stay hydrated.
It’s possible to have a dip in the fjord from Laugaren if you need to cool down – do not swim alone.
Alcohol is not allowed.
Photo: Fredrik Bedsvaag
Finnish sauna owner, architect and musician Tuomas Toivonen takes residence at Bergen's unique floating sauna "Laugaren". Transforming the sauna itself into an ambient sonic instrument he creates a dynamic sonic layer that emanates from the sauna building itself. An active musician, Tuomas is deeply engaged with the role of sound in the sauna process. Having designed, built and now operating Helsinki’s renowned Kulttuurisauna with designer Nene Tsuboi, for this Laugaren project Tuomas is in creative conversation with Laugaren architect and co-founder Bjørnar Skaar Haveland. To enact this sauna transformation, Tuomas will bring mechanical, acoustic and electronic objects to amplify the interplay between the sauna building and its natural environment, the sonic phenomena that result from the extreme heat and cold of the bathing process and the community of people who together build the Laugaren sauna culture.
Part of New Perspectives for Action – a project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union.
