Karmaklubb*
Research and collaboration: ‘Moving Identities’ & ‘Abjectified Project’ (2025–?)
Thought & pleasure
Europe
Description

Abjectified Project — consisting of the Drag collective Brødskive, Eliza Fierce, Elektra Puzzz, Grimscribe (Briar The VaudeVillain), and Karl (formerly Veela Voulez Vous) — has invited Karmaklubb* to be involved in the European programme Moving Identities, throughout May 2026: Oslo and Hammerfest (Norway), Cēsis (Latvia), Dresden (Germany), and who knows? Hopefully also the continuation of Abjectified. More info as we go. ↗︎ Further reading about Moving Identities here. Read about the partners ↗︎ here. A fine article in BLIKK (Øyvind Rones, 17 October 2025) partly on the collaboration ↗︎ here. As a PDF here:

Slide courtesy of Moving Identitites.

Endnotes

The 3-year residency programme ↗︎ Moving Identities (throughout May 2026) offers a European network of residencies and organisations who wish to open a new world for performing artists to play within. The focus is European identities today, and the dream is to connect performing artists, venues, and organisations across borders in an inclusive and eco-friendly way. Co-funded by ↗︎ Creative EU . Partners (overall project): ↗︎ Davvi – Centre for Performing Arts (Hammerfest, Norway); ↗︎ Kunstplaats Vonk (Hasselt, Belgium); ↗︎ Udviklingsplatformen (UP) (Copenhagen, Denmark); ↗︎ Fonds INITIUM (Riga/Cēsis, Latvia); ↗︎ HELLERAU (Dresden, Germany); ↗︎ Center for Kunst og Interkultur (CKI) (Copenhagen, Denmark); ↗︎ Bæredygtigt Kulturliv NU (Sustainable Culture NOW) (Denmark); ↗︎ HIMHERANDIT Productions (Aarhus, Denmark); ↗︎ Internationales Theaterinstitut (ITI) (Frankfurt, Germany); the ↗︎ Danish Cultural Institute; ↗︎ Nau Ivanow (Barcelona, Spain); ↗︎ Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (STL) (Tallin, Estonia), and ↗︎ VABA LAVA (Tallin, Estonia).

Abjectified Project is a newly established drag art company based on a collective drag practice and abject art. Through Moving Identities, Åshild Livsdatter Løvvig Brinchmann ( / ), Peter David Ramthun ( ), Katinka Steensgaard ( , dramaturgy), Sofie Bøttger Bratberg ( ), and Jens Martin Hartvedt Arvesen ( ) will travel to Hammerfest, Norway with ; Cēsis, Latvia with , and Dresden, Germany with during fall 2025–26, spending ten days at each location, conducting research on individual and collective performance practices, abject art, and the project’s theme: ↗︎ the four humors. Tine Semb from Karmaklubb* is the project coordinator.

Collaborators
Funding
Moving Identities Europe, Creative EU
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