At the National Museum in Stockholm, still images, films and objects from Lars Norén's play "Stilla liv" which premiered at Dramaten 2017 are shown. The play had no lines at all and was described as a wordless requiem for Sweden's history.
- Lars worked for over ten years on the idea "Still Life".
This is a series of still images that he saw that moved and scenes from Sweden's history over the last hundred and fifty years, says journalist Bobo Ericzén.
Started working together in 2007
Bobo Ericzén got to know Lars Norén after documenting the rehearsals of his Hamlet production at the Roman Theater on Gotland in 2007. Since then, Ericzén has been filming the playwright and the director for many years.
The exhibition at the National Museum is part of the extensive material.
- When I wasn't filming the rehearsals, it became more like a ritual when we met and had coffee, or traveled or were seen at his house or at mine, then the camera was always there.
And so it continued, says Bobo Ericzén.
Planned the exhibition together
Together, the friends planned the exhibition at the National Museum, but when Lars Norén passed away from the effects of covid-19 in January 2021, the work stopped.
Now, barely two years later, the results are shown to the public.
And according to Bobo Ericzén, it is a further development of the theater play "Still life".
- The whole room is a work of art and then you are free to interpret what you see.
It's not cheerful scenes, there are quite fun bits here and there, but it's nothing particularly bright and cheerful.
You can't say that.
Child actions, prostitution, death and perishing in a nursing home.
But that's life anyway.
"Still life - a film about the creation of Lars Norén's work that unfolds beyond words" premieres at Folkets hus and parker cinemas on October 14.