Metanoia

An expanded cinema performance unfolding as a realm of light and shadow: flickering images merging and dissolving into one another, the rattling sound of a projector gently blending with field recordings and live acoustic textures – a stone rubbing against another, a whisper of friction. Metanoia represents a shift in perception. Rather than observing from a distance, we begin to perceive through the rhythms and transformations that shape our surroundings. Shapeshifting images emerge as macro footage of plant textures fused with collages made of plant material, forming a dreamlike landscape. Within this undetermined terrain, curious figures, ephemeral beings appear and vanish, subtle suggestions that there is more, something undiscovered, untamed, and continuously becoming. These ephemeral beings surface through Bigum + Björge’s dialogue with materials found in nature. They flicker into being and dissolve again, yet their trace endures – a quiet recognition that we are not observers of nature, but extensions of it, a pulse within the same living fabric.

Bigum + Björge is a Danish artist duo based in Berlin, consisting of Anders Bigum and Gry Björge. Their shared practice began during an artist residency in Spain in 2022. Back in Berlin, they further developed their artistic practice, and in 2024 they presented their first solo exhibition at La Plataforma in Barcelona. They began working with 16 mm film as an extension of their analogue practice, which led to a three-month residency at Filmverkstaden in Vaasa, Finland, in spring 2025, where they continued exploring 16 mm film and expanded cinema performance.

Director Bigum + Björge. Cinematography Bigum + Björge. Editing Bigum + Björge. Music Bigum + Björge. Sound Design Bigum + Björge. Production Design Bigum + Björge. Producer Bigum + Björge. Production company Bigum + Björge (Berlin, Germany).

Films: 2025: Pareidolia. 2026: Metanoia.