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Welcome to the second edition of SOUND & VISIONS in Northern Light Yoga!An evening with unique, soulful visual art and music, inspired by yoga, meditation, and spirituality.
The artists Miwa, Nils Pedersen, Vesna Purple Spring, Trine Kalstad, Julie Alexandra, Sara Emilie and Victoria Dahr will exhibit their beautiful artworks from 17:00 (free entrance).
At 19:00, we will have a synesthetic, multi-sensorial event where sound and visions will melt into each other.
The Gandharva Trance Ensemble (an open group of musicians that this time will feature Massimo Barberi, Anand Raj, 1quart4 (Rayam Soeiro), Harbans Singh, Sonja Pepperrabbit, and other guests) will play mesmerizing soundscapes and hypnotic grooves made with ambient guitars, synths, saxophones, flutes, and melodic percussion.
During the concert, the visual artists Miwa and Vesna will translate the music into pictures, painting on canvas the colors and visions within the music.
A journey between dreamy visions, meditative soundscapes, and jazzy explorations.
This year, the theme of the event is: Alchemy of Grief – Where sound and colors transmute individual and collective pain into art. Beauty, transcendence, mysticism, and harmony blooming from shadows and ashes.
Both the art exhibition and the “painting-concert” are free of charge, but if you want to stay longer during the night and join the ecstatic dance and sound bath that will follow the concert, the price for the second part of the program is 230 kr.
During the ecstatic dance, a DJ set with warm drum'n' bass grooves will make us dance and sweat, and the evening will end with a relaxing sound-healing session led by Massimo Barberi.
SCHEDULE OF THE PROGRAM
- 17:00 doors open for the art exhibition (tea and mocktails will be served).
- 18:30 presentation of the concept Soul-Art with Nils Pedersen, Massimo, and Miwa.
- 19:00 Sound & Vision concert, with live music and painting.
- 20:00 Ecstatic Dance
- 21:00–21:40 Sound-healing relaxation
Here is some information about the visual artists:
• Line Løtveit (aka Miwa) has a distinctive character in her purely intuitive form of expression. Her work is inspired by free movements, as she devotes herself to the canvas like a dance with the paintbrush in her hand.
She started in 2021 by offering live performances at festivals and has held several interactive exhibitions.
Miwa is passionate about inspiring and bringing out the free artist and inner playful child in all of us.
• Nils Pedersen
In his own words:
“Creativity has been at the forefront of my life. From childhood, throughout my adult life, and up until today – in various ways. Through a classical schooling in painting, I was introduced to Vedic art by Curt Källmann on Öland in 1997. It was a revelation, and I have participated in continuing education courses almost every summer since then.
Joy and wonder are the greatest inspirations for my creative work. Spirituality and humor follow each other in my understanding. Undemandingness and playfulness as well.”
In the last 25 years, Nils has held many solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. During this time, Nils also meditated TM and gave many Vedic art basic courses, mostly in Norway.
He lives and works in Oslo, in an artist community with 70 studios.
• Trine Kalstad’s paintings are figurative and inspired by symbols of esoteric traditions and/or elements of contemporary culture. Some details are recurrent in several pieces, like flying tarots representing spiritual wisdom through time and space.
It references the search for timelessness and the existential need for connecting and belonging to something deeper than just a social role.
In her own words:
“Yoga and meditation have been an incredibly important part of taking care of what is me...the very essence of me as part of everything. Being in contact with the body through silence and feeling how it is like its own universe gives me a deep joy and gratitude, and also a humility to be able to open up to both light and darkness. Also staying in touch with my playfulness and the joy of exploring. Maybe that is precisely what I most deeply express through my art. It is very personal to me, and every painting (creative) journey makes me feel connected to the magic of existence.”
• Julie Alexandra is a self-taught artist who started painting at the beginning of her spiritual and healing journey in 2022, using creativity as a tool for exploration, expression, play, and release.
In her own words:
“I’ve always been drawn to the magical, the energies, the moon, the unseen. I always use energies, cleansing, dance, and music while creating my work. The images often come to me in meditation with messages that are often hiding in the pieces. They are all deeply personal to me, but I trust they will speak to the right people; and luckily, I have found that they do!
Circles, textures, colors, women, mama Earth, and symbols that have come to me are becoming a bigger part of my work, just as in my life. Always learning to let go of control, trust, and flow with the process, in art and on my journey.”
• Vesna aka The Purple Spring:
"The colour purple, with its myriad hues, serves as my artistic medium, allowing me to express both my perception of the world and my inner essence. Specialising in portraiture on black and purple backgrounds, I delve into themes of sensuality, spiritual introspection, and the enigmatic depths of the subconscious.
Moving to Oslo in my early twenties expanded my artistic horizons.
Immersing myself in the city's underground scene profoundly influenced my creative journey, shaping my distinct artistic voice.
My portfolio includes commissioned portraits, figurative drawings, live paintings at musical
gatherings, and unique clothing designs infused with a dash of purple eccentricity."
• Sara Emilie Rasmussen
In 2012 Sara traveled to Australia and spent two years there. Here she picked up the paint-brushes again after many years.
Painting became one of her greatest tools on her healing journey, and still is.
Her paintings usually starts with an intention, but with no fixed plan of the outcome.
For her, the journey of each painting symbolizes life itself; It starts out fun and innocent, into a state of flow. Sometimes «mistakes» happen, and it may even look like the painting just got ruined. This is where the lessons is learned, and what is needed is to let go. To get back into the state of Trust, flow and surrender. Chances must be taken, and then, beautiful and magical surprises happen.
It’s all about emptying the mind and let spirit flow through.
She is inspired by nature, dreams, visions, music, and the great mystery of life.
Her hope is that her paintings can ignite a spark of light and inspiration to the souls that resonate.
To walk the path of the Heart and Soul.
And to remember that we are Love.
• Victoria Dahr
Victoria bruker både olje, akryl og akvarell i sine malerier. Hun maler figurativt, men ikke naturalistisk. Maleriene er et direkte uttrykk for hennes følelser knyttet til natur, spiritualitet, seksualitet og egen tilstedeværelse i livet. De er fulle av energi og bølger og gjenspeiler hennes interesse for massasje og energetisk kontakt med både mennesker og natur.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Northern Light Yoga, Rosenborggata 9A, 0356 Oslo, Norge, Oslo, Norway
