HOTEL PRO FORMA
PERFORMANCE – MUSIC – VISUAL ARTS
FLAMMENWERFER is a music theatre performance by Hotel Pro Forma, inspired by the life and work of Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Hill (1849–1911). After moving to Paris to pursue his artistic ambitions, Hill was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent the rest of his life largely isolated, producing thousands of drawings and paintings shaped by his shifting reality, visions and imagination.
Directed by Marie Dahl and created with artists including Blixa Bargeld, Nils Frahm, Henrik Vibskov, Jesper Kongshaug and Magnus Pind, the production brings together live music, vocal performance, video, light and scenography.
On stage, Blixa Bargeld performs alongside the award-winning vocal ensemble IKI. New compositions and texts are combined with music by Nils Frahm, while large-scale projections of Hill’s work create a constantly shifting visual landscape.
FLAMMENWERFER was created in co-production with Malmö Live Concert Hall, in collaboration with Malmö Art Museum, and premiered in March 2024. It has since been presented at the Aarhus Festival and the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen.
Duration: approx. 80 minutes, no intermission
Languages: English, Swedish and German, with English surtitles
Age recommendation: 13+
CREDITS
ON STAGE
Blixa Bargeld and vocal ensemble IKI
Vocal ensemble IKI: Johanna Sulkunen, Guro Tveitnes, Kamilla Kovacs, Randi Pontoppidan and Jullie Hjetland.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Direction, text, and dramaturgy Kirsten Dehlholm, Marie Dahl
Original music, lyrics and live vocal performance Blixa Bargeld
Selected music Nils Frahm
Costumes and set design Henrik Vibskov
Light design Jesper Kongshaug
Video design Magnus Pind
Vocal composition Marie Dahl
Sound design Erik Medeiros
Vocal arrangement Vocal ensemble IKI, Simon Christensen
Concept Hotel Pro Forma
PRODUCTION
Production management: Jānis Liniņš, Oskars Plataiskalns
Sound technician: Erik Medeiros
Video technician: Uģis Ezerietis
Light technician: Oskars Plataiskalns
Light assistant: Evdoxia Golobia
Production assistant: Anna Borzak
General manager: Ulla Katrine Friis
Producer: Lisbeth Bjerregaard Jacobi
Agencies: Quaternaire, M.O.vingARTS
Graphic designer: Adam Ryde Ankarfeldt, Viola Moth Sinne Jacobsen