Let eardrums grow on your ribs.
Tongues on the soles of your feet.
Place your hands behind your ears.
There. Now you are ready for the night
Darkness and night are almost extinct by human illumination, and our illuminated cities make life difficult for those who cherish the dark. When the sun goes down, a whole new world comes to life that most of us know very little about.
Night Lives (Nattliv) is the ambitious, multidisciplinary composition of Norwegian, Oslo-based contemporary composer-clarinetist Kristine Tjøgersen, a sonic excursion into the shrouded world of nocturnal creatures, to the life of those who sing in the dark and communicate on different frequencies. It was created in collaboration with the Norwegian contemporary music ensemble Cikada, conducted by Christian Eggen, biologist and writer Hanna Bjørgaas (author of the book The Secret Life of the City), scenographer and performer Ellen Jerstad, visual
