The Radical Flu

Vor Frelsers graveyard in Christiania. Everyone who's anyone is here. Ingeborg is a 23 years old medium, roaming town on her own - for once. Johanne is a 56 years old diva, playing Medea at the National Theatre. Johan is a 53 years old 'fanatical rationalist', eager to voice his opinion. Aasta is dead - but not gone.

Show Notes

The Radical Flu has been commissioned by osloBIENNALEN with the kind support of KUF
KHiO. The Radical Flu has been produced in collaboration with Notam and RadioRakel

We are in Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo, a cemetery in the capital city of Norway, mid-
November 1918. Everyone's who's anyone is here. Either vertically or horizontally.
Vertically, we are about to encounter Ingeborg Køber, an innocent young lady, and Johan
Scharffenberg, a doctor. Horizontally, but under the verticality of Gustav Vigeland's statue,
we encounter Aasta Hansteen, a legend.

Characters: Actress, director, primadonna, woman scorned - but not dejected,
JOHANNE DYBWAD, 51 years old. INGEBORG KØBER, psychic medium, newlywed, hounded into submission, 23 years old; JOHAN SCHARFFENBERG, racist, medical doctor, psychiatrist, nationalist, lover of all practices ancient Greek - except drinking, bad poet, 49 years old. AASTA HANSTEEN, painter, language pioneer, self-taught theologist and a flaying critic of the Norwegian church, nationalist/ anti-imperialist, suffragette, Sapphian, misandrist, bad poet, deceased.

What is The Radical Flu?

"National Episodes: The Radical Flu: A Radio Play" is part of a series of art productions inspired by often unknown aspects related to key events in Norwegian history. The series is produced by the collective artist persona Rose Hammer for osloBIENNALEN.