Pollination is a vital act, a delicate exchange that transfers life from one organism to another and sustains the continuity of existence. Drawing inspiration from natural pollinators such as bees, whose quiet labor supports entire ecosystems, as well as from the Norse Norns, mythological figures who weave the threads of fate, this experimental opera performance explores how bodies, species, and ecological systems are interlinked across time, space, and dimension.

Created and directed by visual artist Cecilia Fiona, the piece unfolds Bergen Kunsthall’s exhibition Iter Subterraneum as a meditative ritual—part funeral, part fertility rite—where sculpture, movement, and voice are interwoven. The performers in this piece—cosmic pollinators—carry small hybrid beings from one sculptural body to another, animating them with their voices, evoking the buzzing of insects and the murmurs of spirits.

This repeated act of transfer, combining movement and vocalisation, forms an ecological system within the installation and connects micro- and macrocosmos.
Wearing hand-sewn, hand-painted costumes by Fiona, the cosmic pollinators move through a sculptural imaginative landscapes, crafted from organic materials. Using elements such as paper pulp and resin, Fiona not only explores the symbiotic relationship between the body and the earth but also literally builds these fantastical environments from the very substances of the natural world.