The idea behind the project originated with Rannvá Guðrunadóttir Niclasen (RIVA) and Elias Bäckebjörk (NO). The work is centred around the three major characters: The Main Character, The Hive Mind, and The Lightbulb (a protagonist, an antagonist, and the unknown higher power).
The Main Character starts as a fictional vessel inhabited, shaped, and brought to life by different performers, each contributing their own interpretation and personality to it. This initial state reflects the idea that human identity is multifaceted and influenced by external factors, as each performer brings their unique perspective and experiences to the character. With exploration The Main Character becomes a composite of different performers, portraying a vast range of perspectives to the story and situation.
The Hive Mind is a collective consciousness that goes both as a narrator of the story and an antagonist to the main character. Symbolising the surrounding factors that affect or are affected by The Main Character. The Hive Mind can represent an opposing force and also portray the stories/situations that The Main Character describes. Can be portrayed by the performers on stage, be influenced by the audience and even become the audience, whose decisions have direct consequences for The Main Character.
The Lightbulb (unknown higher power and The Main Character’s Universe) is depicted as being one of the few constant and largely unchanging factors in The Main Character universe. Represented as a lightbulb hanging from the ceiling. Always present, although not always visible, an unavoidable part of The Main Characters universe. As a light that catches all the questions but leaves the answers in the dark, the Lightbulb symbolises humans’ eternal strive for questioning the unknown and looking for answers from ungraspable and undefinable entities.
The creative process included collaboration with 7 professional dancers in the Faroe Islands during the spring of 2025. In the first period, the focus was on finding a shared direction for the group, exploring ideas, and beginning to experiment with choreographic material. In the second period, the work was centred on staging the material so it would be ready for presentation. In May 2025, the project was presented as a school performance and two public evening performances at the Nordic House in the Faroe Islands.