KARDEMOMYANG
Bergen, Norway, 2014
«Cardamom is only a little town, and it lies so far away that almost nobody knows about it. It’s a rather remarkable town, and a lot happens there that doesn’t happen anywhere else.»
To generations of Norwegians, Cardamom Town has presented as a model society with a strong sense of community, where the law prescribes that people should be good to each other. An old wise man in a tower provides spirtiual guidence and the robbers become better people through voluntary community service.
From North Korea comes a group of young talents from the prestigious Kum Song Music School to the Bergen International Festival. They bring with them their own interpretations of the famous songs from Thorbjørn Egner’s children’s play "When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town", as well as examples of their own popular North Korean songs.
In addition to brilliant musical skills and new interpretations, Kardemomyang offers the audience an opportunity to reflect on different forms of organizing societies and values such as freedom and community – themes that carry an additional importance on the occasion for the bicentennial for Norway’s Constitution in 2014.
- Directed by Morten Traavik
- Performed by students of Kum Song Middle school no 1, Pyongyang, North Korea
- Commissioned by Bergen International Festival 2014.
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Bergen International Festival / Thor Brødreskift
Mass Media
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Et dannet rop, Norway 11.06.2014
Kardemomyang; Propagandaens innhold -
Information, Denmark 27.05.2014
Norsk furore over nordkoreansk fremføring af nationalstykke -
Fib.no, Norway 24.05.2014
Fra prøvene på "Kardemomyang" -
Dagbladet, Norway 23.05.2014
Propagandaens glade ansikt -
Aftenposten, Norway 23.05.2014
Morten Traaviks nordkoreanske lykkeland -
Frontlosjen, Frontlosjen, Norway 23.05.2014
Den raude Traavik? -
Minervanett, Norway 23.05.2014
Musikalsk lefling med diktaturet -
Civita.no, 23.05.2014
Traavik, kunst og Nord-Korea -
Bergens Tidende, Norway 23.05.2014
Fikk pepper for "Kardemomyang" -
NRK TV Dagsrevyen, 22.05.2014
Nordkoreanske barnestjerner provoserer på festspillene -
Bergens Tidende, Norway 22.05.2014
Maskert mann med festspill-protest -
TV2, Norway 22.05.2014
Frykter norsk kunstner setter nordkoreanske barn i fare -
Bergensavisen, Norway 20.05.2014
Uvanlig besøk i Fana -
Bergens Tidende, Norway 17.05.2014
Fra Nord-Korea til hovedprosesjonen -
NRK TV, 17.05.2014
Gratulerer med dagen - 17 mai over hele landet -
NRK.no, 17.05.2014
Med kjærleik fra Nord-Korea -
TV2, Norway 03.05.2014
Unge musikanter i Nord-Korea gleder sig til å framføre "Kardemomme by" -
NRK.no, 06.05.2014
Set opp Kardemomme by med nordkoreanske barn -
NKNews, 31.03.2014
Cardamomyang: Bringing North Korea to Norway -
Bergen International Festival, 28.02.2014
Kunsten å bygge broer, by festival director Anders Beyer -
Bergens Tidende, Norway 23.02.2014
Fra skrekkregimets tjeneste -
Civita.no, 21.02.2014
Nord-koreansk lystspill i Bergen -
Aftenposten, Norway, 18.02.2014
Strid om nordkoreanske kardemomme by
