The Faroese nature is unspoiled and untouched. Or at least, this is how the Faroe Islands is often marketed in tourism commercials. The green islands are a paradise - the last unspoiled spot on the Earth. And this is probably also what we as Faroese people tell ourselves - that we have a closer relationship with nature. 

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The everyday life on the Islands tells us a different reality; we are modern, we drive cars like everybody else, we use Facebook and Netflix and fly to other countries, and we are closely connected to the rest of the world even though we are an isolated country.

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This discord in our identity, not only in the Faroe Islands, but in the other Nordic countries as well, is one of the themes of JÖRÐ. A performance, that ties together several artistic fields and rethinks the human connection with nature and our place in the world. Through sound, dance and several layers of projections places the piece nature and culture, the homely and the otherworldly up against each other. Pop culture, plastic and high heeled shoes meet Nordic myths, hard stone and breaking waves. 

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The work is an artistic collaboration between Maria Guldbrandsø Tórgarð and Vár Bech Árting from the Faroe Islands, Lisen Pousette from Sweden, Tiia Kasurinen from Finland and Lil Lacy from Denmark/USA - five female artists, that have found each other across artistic fields and country borders. JÖRÐ is the result that has been created through conversations that the artists have had about their work, country and development in society. 

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Specifically the female perspective is seen in the performance through interpretations of several iconic female figures - these include The Seal Woman, Virgin Mary, The Little Mermaid and Botticelli’s Venus. All of these are female figures that throughout history have been interpreted and portrayed by men, but in this work they are laid in the hands of five women to interpret them.  

Through projections, sound art, dance and scenography the artists behind JÖRÐ examine how different art forms can collaborator and through this the audience will get an expansive artistic experience.