Composer Camilla Hole has written a work that contemplates a lifelong fascination with the sight of the massive concrete block - everything you don't see behind the big grey, slightly frightening facade. Stories about the past and future. What are the destinies stirring behind all those windows that could hold an entire Norwegian village? The music is inspired by everything from literature's drabantby stories by, among others, Anne-Cath. Vestly and Zeshan Shakar, to the film's utopian/dystopian science fiction. "Streets in the sky - who are you up there?" is a work that reflects overwhelming emotions and imagination, and invites the listener to wonder together with the composer and look up at massive concrete blocks with a new look or the same look one sends up to the starry sky.

Crew:

Ane Bjerkan - vocals/harmonium, Camilla Hole - soprano saxophone, Maria Dybbroe - alto saxophone, Sigrid Aftret - tenor saxophone, Tina Lægreid Olsen - baritone saxophone, Tancred Heyerdahl Husø - trumpet, Lyder Øvreås Røed - trumpet, Ellen-Martine Gismervik - cello, Magnus Murphy Joelson – trombone, Johannes Fosse Solvang – trombone, Andreas Rotevatn – trombone, Bjørn-Even Bjarkli Verbeke – piano, Arne Martin Nubo – guitar, Aleksander Hoholm – bass, Knut Kvifte Nesheim – drums

OJKOS is the Orchestra for jazz composers in Oslo, a regional orchestra for professional jazz composers based in Austlandet. The project took shape in the spring of 2018 as a collaboration between East Norwegian Jazz Center, Victoria National Jazz Scene and a project group of five jazz performers and composers. OJKOS is an arena for the composition of new music where all the members roll on having artistic responsibility.

OJKOS has received grants from the Culture Council and Oslo municipality.