Freya Sif Hestnes















work


    visual art


    scenography + costumes


    stage art


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Hex (2023)
Scenography, costume design, video design

The Danish Royal Theatre

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Step / Trin (2024)
Video loop
(link on request)

From Fantomrum, duo exhibition with Johanne Rude Lindegaard

Gammelgaard, 2024





           Step / Trin, installation view


          Step / Trin, still from video
Installation view



Step / Trin (2024)
Sculpture
Beeswax and flame gel





Installation photos by Frida Gregersen
Den Anden (2023)
Performance installation

Co-created with Katrine Leth

Co-produced by Sydhavn Teater and Prfrm





Idea and concept: Katrine Leth and Freya Sif Hestnes
Performer: Katrine Leth
Scenography and video: Freya Sif Hestnes
Music: Anders Bach
Text: Sonja Ferdinand
Light design: Felipe Osorio-Guzmán
Scenography assistant: Stine Stub Nielsen
Production manager: Emilie Topp Meyer
Technical support and video setup: Jon Bernstorff Lehmann
Puppet build: Katrine Karlsen
Co-produced by Sydhavn and Prfrm
Video teaser by Thomas Hyttel / We Are Story
Photos: Sofie Amalie Klougart, Freya Sif Hestnes

Supported by: Danish Arts Council, Knud Højgaards Fond, William Demant Fonden, Kgs. Engaheve Lokaludvalg og Københavns Kommune, HAUT x Bikubenfonden Pop Up Residency, BIRCA Residency Center, Østfold International Theatre

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Signal Error (2020)
Signalfejl
Video, 05:28 min loop (video link upon request)

From Spare Parts, solo exhibition
Galleri Image



Sound design: Liis Ring
Exhibition text: Andy Allen-Olivar
Installation photos: Gert Skærlund

Supported by Statens Kunstfond, Århus Kulturudviklingspulje

Installation view:
Signal Error / Signalfejl


System Error / Systemfejl, photograph, 80x53,3 cm, dibond mount, white frame


System Error / Systemfejl, installation view

Interview on the exhibition:
Mit Arbejde (2020)
Mitt Arbete
Scenography and costume design

Husets Teater (DK) and Folkteatern (SE)



Near the end, when a large wooden crucifix with a placenta in the center is brought onto the stage, it is only a matter of capitulating. As usual, art is above all morality. GÖTEBORGS-POSTEN

Freya Sif Hestnes’ stage is a symbolic picture party and a carefully selected installation of objects from various times that would deserve its very own text  DAGENS NYHETER

An intense drama, diluted by well-timed humour and condensed by a meaty scenography AFTONBLADET
★★★★★ ISCENE
★★★★★ KULTURINFORMATION
★★★★ JYLLANDS-POSTEN
Based on ‘Mit Arbejde’ by Olga Ravn
Directed by: Liv Helm, Scenography assistant: Astrid Sønderskov Andersen (Norwegian Theatre Academy), Dramaturge: Sanna Albjørk (DK), Text adaptation: Sanna Albjørk and Liv Helm, Performed by Christine Sønderris, Marie-Lydie Melono Nokouda (DK) and Nina Haber, Anna Lundström (SE)
Sound design and komposer: Nanna Karina Schleimann, Light design: Christian Vest Berntsen, Video trailer: Lina Ikse


Husets Teater (DK) - photos by Zuhal Kocan, Freya Sif Hestnes:






Folkteatern (SE) - Photos by Freya Sif Hestnes:


Photo by Lina Ikse: