The Call of Loneliness

Produktion: The Art of Transformation

Medvirkende: Lotte Arnsbjerg, Salman A’yan Bandish, Johnny Burgin

Instruktør: Malte Claudio Lind

For mere info: Kontakt Lotte Arnsbjerg, tlf. 26 17 30 45, info@lottearnsbjerg.com

Om forestillingen: The Call of Loneliness er en intim og sanselig forestilling, der med forelæsning, performance og live bluesmusik åbner for en anderledes samtale om ensomhed. 

PhD Salman A’yan Bandish, scenekunstner og iværksætter Lotte Arnsbjerg samt bluesguitarist Johnny Burgin præsenterer en musikalsk og dramatiseret forelæsning om menneskelig længsel og behovet for mening og forbindelse.

Hvad er ensomhed og hvem rammes af den?
Verdenssundhedsorganisationen (WHO), den amerikanske Surgeon General og flere danske myndigheder har identificeret ensomhed som en alvorlig epidemi, der kan ramme alle mennesker. Selvom problemet forekommer særligt synligt blandt unge af i dag, kan lidelsen opstå i alle aldre. Neurologisk set opleves ensomhed ofte på samme måde som fysisk smerte. Mange mennesker, der føler sig ensomme, opfatter det som et uendeligt tomrum i livet, der nødvendigvis må udfyldes gennem ydre løsninger. 

Call of Loneliness præsenterer et andet perspektiv, nemlig ensomhed som et kald fra sjælen til handling. Når vi føler os ensomme, kan smerten være et signal om at konfrontere følelserne af tomhed og fortvivlelse – for at åbne for genopdagelse af forbindelsen med livsessens og livsformål. 

Lotte Arnsbjerg og Johnny Burgin levendegør Salmans akademiske forelæsning af ord gennem dramaets virkemidler og bluesmusik, og veksler mellem komposition og improvisation.
Forestillingen instrueres af sceneinstruktør Malte Claudio Lind, som også stod bag instruktionen af
Lotte Arnsbjergs autobiografiske forestilling Pigen under Vandet.

Om holdet bag:

Salman A’yan Bandish

Salman A’yan Bandish er underviser og forfatter med fokus på ensomhed, eksistens og indre transformation. Hans arbejde kredser om menneskets indre liv og ensomhed som et kald til handling og bevidsthed.

Lotte Arnsbjerg

Lotte Arnsbjerg er udøvende scenekunstner og kunstnerisk leder af organisationen The Art of Transformation. Lotte arbejder med performative formater, der forbinder kunst, sårbarhed og menneskelig transformation. Hun er stifter af The Art of Transformation (TAoT), som skaber spektakulære og sanselige rum med fokus på omsorg for menneskelig sårbarhed gennem kunstneriske oplevelser, fællesskab og interaktion.

Johnny Burgin

Johnny Burgin er en internationalt anerkendt amerikansk bluesguitarist og sangskriver. Johnnys musik udspringer af Chicago-bluestraditionen og kredser om smerte, længsel og menneskelig erfaring. 

Malte Claudio er scene instruktør med fokus på sanselige, eksistentielle fortællinger. Han har tidligere instrueret Pigen under Vandet, som blev afsæt for organisationen The Art of Transformation. 

English: Production: The Art of Transformation

Participants: Lotte Arnsbjerg, Salman A’yan Bandish, Johnny Burgin
Director: Malte Claudio Lind

For more information:
Contact Lotte Arnsbjerg, tel. +45 26 17 30 45, info@lottearnsbjerg.com

About the performance:
The Call of Loneliness is an intimate and sensorial performance that, through lecture, performance, and live blues music, opens up a different kind of conversation about loneliness.
PhD Salman A’yan Bandish, performing artist and entrepreneur Lotte Arnsbjerg, and blues guitarist Johnny Burgin present a musical and dramatized lecture on human longing and the need for meaning and connection.

What is loneliness, and who is affected by it?
The World Health Organization (WHO), the American Surgeon General, and several Danish authorities have identified loneliness as a serious epidemic that can affect all people. Although the issue appears particularly visible among today’s youth, it can arise at any age. Neurologically, loneliness is often experienced in the same way as physical pain. Many people who feel lonely perceive it as an endless void in life that must necessarily be filled through external solutions.

The Call of Loneliness presents a different perspective—loneliness as a call from the soul to action. When we feel lonely, the pain may be a signal to confront feelings of emptiness and despair in order to open up a rediscovery of connection with the essence of life and one’s life purpose.

Lotte Arnsbjerg and Johnny Burgin bring Salman’s academic lecture to life through the tools of drama and blues music, moving between composition and improvisation.

The performance is directed by stage director Malte Claudio Lind, who also directed Lotte Arnsbjerg’s autobiographical performance The Girl Under the Water.

About the team:

Salman A’yan Bandish
Salman A’yan Bandish is a lecturer and author focusing on loneliness, existence, and inner transformation. His work centers on the inner life of human beings and loneliness as a call to action and awareness.

Lotte Arnsbjerg
Lotte Arnsbjerg is a performing artist and artistic director of the organization The Art of Transformation. She works with performative formats that connect art, vulnerability, and human transformation. She is the founder of The Art of Transformation (TAoT), which creates spectacular and sensorial spaces focused on caring for human vulnerability through artistic experiences, community, and interaction.

Johnny Burgin
Johnny Burgin is an internationally recognized American blues guitarist and songwriter. His music is rooted in the Chicago blues tradition and revolves around pain, longing, and human experience.

Malte Claudio
Malte Claudio is a stage director with a focus on sensorial, existential storytelling. He previously directed The Girl Under the Water, which became the starting point for the organization The Art of Transformation.