Category: Films
A workshop in how to be a fool
Bjørn Venø tells a Norwegian Fairy tale ‘Per, Pål og Espen Askelad’, talks about Paradigm Shift, the Natural and the Licensed Fool and Free association to make the point that the fools...
Tussekalet
Performance for the association of the london colleges of the arts, at Old Vic Tunnels, MAY 2012 Taking inspiration from Norwegian folklore to look at contemporary issues. Filmed by JK
The Father and his three sons
The first 9 minutes from a 20 minute performance by Bjørn Venø (Bjorn Veno) where he tells the story of how he inherited a Norwegian farm and why his two older brothers...
MANN, Chapter I: Sirkel, test II
In 2005 I started the project MANN about male identity. This is 7 year old footage from a camera and performance test for Chapter I: Sirkel. I thought the video footage to...
Performance
I’ve recently been experimenting with live performance, the most exciting aspect is the feeling of removing barriers, in this case the video monitor, giving me direct access to the audience. However having...
12 hours of writing compressed to 1 hour of spoken word
Every day we are bombarded with information, creating a greater divide between those who can filter it and those who can not. Internet with its vast information flow is the new frontier...
Holy Artist’s Wet Dream
4:37 17 May (Norway’s independents day) Rochester, Kent. I’ve just woken up from a dream, if I had lived 2000 years ago I would have said that an Angel came to me....
Holy Artist
By using art Bjørn Venø has been able to transcend beyond the paradigm that confines our thoughts. he has become a holy artist, a spirit guide that can take you across the...