Symposium Program: #1 Summoning the 8-pointed Star

The 2nd Symposium on Spiritual Technologies explores the history of witchcraft in Norway and Europe and the capitalization of health in the Middle Ages as well as its repercussions today. The symposium is curated by Invisibledrum Art Platform, an artistic research collective investigating holistic practices and spiritual technologies within the field of arts and new ecologies, founded by Amalia Fonfara and Nazaré Soares. All events are organized with Invisibledrum Art Platform in collaboration with Kunsthall Trondheim and the Norwegian Historical Association (HIFO).

Ritual Performance with Invisibledrum Art Platform
Kunsthall Trondheim
Duration 60 minutes

Heaven, Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, Lake, Thunder, and Mountain

In a sacred space we ask for permission to open the archives and traumatic memory held in the Norwegian trials of witchcraft. Through ritualization of the space, and by invoking pharmacopoeia (healing medicine) we embody and re-imagine herbcraft and the practice of magic today. This performance honors the beliefs, knowledge, and skills of oracles, seers, magicians, healers, midwives, and wise women. It calls for the return of medicine women and men.

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Performing artists affiliated with Invisibledrum are Marita Isobel Solberg, Amalia Fonfara, Nazaré Soares, and Jessica Ullevålseter.