Will there also be singing?

In the dark times will there also be singing?  Yes, there will also be singing about the dark times.

– Bertolt Brecht

Internationally renowned for her multisensory projects, Camille Norment premieres her new performance work, Will there also be singing?, commissioned by Borealis. In the piece, a bodily resonance emerges across instruments including bass, baritone guitar, percussion and viola d’amore, intertwining with the lower ranges of the abstracted female voice, while incantations of syncopated minimal percussion scatter fragmented histories throughout a live multichannel space.

Across many vocal traditions worldwide, there is a fundamental impulse to use the body to express a troubled relationship with the world—through which the voice can find light.

The performance brings together an impressive and diverse roster of Norwegian performers, with particular emphasis on a eclectic ensemble exploring the darker, lower registers of their instruments.

Norment’s work bridges contemporary art and music across multiple forms, including installation, composition, sculpture, drawing, and performance. Her practice culminates in an exploration of cultural psychoacoustics, a term she has coined herself. Through this conceptual framework, she probes and politicises cultures of sonic investigation, particularly in contexts of social dissonance.