Writing the Writer

  • Project period: 2022 - 2026
  • Categories: Academic Development, Norwegian Artistic Research

Description

"An exploration of truth vs.fiction in the biographical screenplay genre."



The project focuses on the screenplay genre as a distinctive form of artistic practice and its subgenre, the historical/biographical drama. It explores how a biographical screenplay, through specific poetic tools such as incarnation and reenactment, can generate a unique kind of knowledge of its subject.The main artistic outcome will be a screenplay drama, based on Ibsen´s “chaotic years", 1856-1866.


Financing

The project is financed by Norwegian Artistic Research Programme

Participants

  • Siri Senje

    Siri Senje

    • Project manager
    • Professor

    Kristiania University College

    Westerdals Department of Film and Media

    Siri Senje
  • Olav Øen

    Olav Øen

    • Assistant Professor

    Kristiania University College

    Olav Øen
  • Fredrik Eive Refsli

    Fredrik Eive Refsli

    • Associate Professor

    Kristiania University College

    Fredrik Eive Refsli
  • Ole Christian Solbakken

    Ole Christian Solbakken

    • Assistant Professor

    Kristiania University College

    Ole Christian Solbakken