I'M THINKING
OF YOU
“I Umeå Stadsbibliotek finns Umeås kanske hemligaste scenkonstupplevelse – Annica Styrke och Karin Wiklund har skapat en hörlurskoreografi som vill öppna nya dörrar för unga till läsandet och bibliotekens värld"
Sara Meidel, Västerbottens-Kuriren 2024
I'M THINKING OF YOU lets you discover or rediscover the library as a place. As a participant, you are invited to follow instructions through headphones, and interact with the library environment in both expected and unexpected ways. With a touch of magical realism, you will experience sneak choreography, censorship and get a glimpse of thousands of years of books’ history. You will be given the opportunity to perform secret acts of resistance and discover secret messages right in the middle of a public space. I’M THINKING OF YOU offers a playful opportunity to look at one of our most important public spaces with new eyes, and a chance to make the library your own.
I’M THINKING OF YOU is played as a school performance for 10-15 year olds, but is also suitable for adults. It will also be available for individual lending for a five-year period at 11 libraries around Sweden.
I'M THINKING OF YOU was chosen for The Performing Arts Biennial for children and youth 2024 in Sweden with the motivation:
"A gentle voice in the headphones guides us through the library. On the basis of our own bodies, we move through the room in a choreography. Alone and together with others. With assignments we are taken into the world of literature. Words connect time and space. Simple actions make us part of history. The performance is a celebration of reading and libraries as defenders of democratic values and freedom of expression. Libraries as meeting places all over the world - a cultural policy statement."
Shows 2024:
Lund City Library, March 20
Ydre Library, April 25
Linköping City Library, April 26
Söderköping Library, May 6
Motala Library, May 7
Finspång Library, May 8
Helsingborg City Library, Bibu May 15-17
Nödinge Library, September 28
Valdemarsvik Library, September 30
Ekholmen Library, October 1
Boxholm Library, October 2
Tyresö Library, November 17
GRAPHIC FORM: Moa Schulman
PHOTOGRAPHER: José Figueroa
PERFORMANCE LENGTH: approx. 60 min
TARGET GROUP: from 10 years
LANGUAGES: Swedish, English, Arabic
Created by ANNA HAGLUND, ERIKA SJÖDIN, ANNICA STYRKE, GUSTAV TEGBY & KARIN WIKLUND
Choreographers ANNIXA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
Playwright GUSTAV TEGBY
Sound design and music ANNA HAGLUND
Scenography ERIKA SJÖDIN
Choreography ANNICA STYRKE & KARIN WIKLUND
Voice Swedish BASHKIM NEZIRAJ
Voice English BENJAMIN QUIGLEY
Voice Arabic FADI ALSUHAILI
Project coordination CLARA BANKEFORS
English translation FERN SCOTT OLSSON & GABRIELLA BERGGREN
Arabic translation JASIM MOHAMED
Sound technician ANNA HAGLUND & CICELY IRVINE
With the support of POSTCODE FOUNDATION, THE SWEDISH ARTS COUNCIL, UPPSALA MUNICIPALITY & STOCKHOLM REGION
In collaboration with UPPSALA CITY LIBRARY & UPPSALA CITY THEATER
Available at the following libraries from 2023-2027:
CITY LIBRARY IN UPPSALA
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY/KUNGSHOLMEN LIBRARY
KIRUNA CITY LIBRARY
GOTHENBURG CITY LIBRARY
MALMÖ CITY LIBRARY
SKELLEFTEÅ CITY LIBRARY
VÄNERSBORGS LIBRARY
SKÄRPÄNGS LIBRARY
UMEÅ CITY LIBRARY
ARBOGA CITY LIBRARY
STENHAMRA LIBRARY, EKERÖ