Exposition as part of the PhD defence by Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir / Malmö Gallery Weekend

Exposition of the project "How Little is Enough? Sustainable Methods of Performance for Transformative Encounters", as part of the performative PhD defence at the Malmö Theatre Academy.

The exposition of the project at IAC opens on 26 September at 17:00 and will include a special screening of video essays and interviews.  The exposition is part of the Malmö Gallery Weekend and will also be open from 10:00 on the day of the defence.

The PhD defence will take place on the 27 September at 13:00 at Bryggeriteatern, Malmö Theatre Academy, Bergsgatan 31, Malmö, and will begin with a 30-minute performance, followed by feedback from the opponent and a dialogue. The opponent is Rebecca Hilton, Professor at Stockholm University of the Arts.

The final dissertation can be explored on the Research Catalogue: How Little is Enough? - researchcatalogue.net 

Read more about the disputation here. 

About Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir   

Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir, born in Malmö in 1965, is a performance maker and artistic researcher based in Iceland. She has worked as a director, writer, dramaturge, and performer in Iceland, the UK, Scandinavia, and beyond, with her work playing in Reykjavik, Malmö, New York, Vienna, online, on television, and radio. Steinunn was a dramaturge at the City Theatre in Reykjavik and a lecturer and dean at the Iceland University of the Arts. In her work, she focuses on existentially sustainable, relation- specific performances and performative encounters. Steinunn is also a mother of three, a theologian, life coach, and pottery maker.  As part of the project, Knúts Önnudóttir is releasing a book containing a concluding essay called ”Testimony of a Pilgrim”, and the manuscripts from her performances.    

Find out more about Steinunn Knúts Önnudóttir's artistic research here.