When making performances, Heine Røsdal Avdal starts from a non-hierarchical view on all elements involved. People, space and objects are all seen as intermediate places where information is being collected, stored and re-materialised. In recent projects he questions how spatial conventions affect the way we experience and move through private/public spaces. Considering people’s preconceptions of spatial conventions and through slight shifts and manipulations, he searches for unexpected intersections between different components of a space. In this context, Avdal also questions how technology is being used in acquiring new meanings and perceptions on the human body and on our daily surroundings. Avdal studied dance, choreography and video at the Oslo National College of the Arts and at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels. He has worked for various companies in Norway. In 1997-2001 he worked with Meg Stuart’s company Damaged Goods. Since 2000 he has been collaborating with Yukiko Shinozaki, founding their collective deepblue together with Christoph De Boeck in 2002. He also develops installation -performances such as “Sauna in Exile” (with Mette Edvardsen, Hanne Haugen and Lawrence Malstaf), “Box with holes” and “drop a line”.