All photos by Torleif Kvinnesland

We Are Molecules: Immersion and Emotional Connection

With We Are Molecules, COLLECTIVE OSLO invited the public into an immersive, one-night-only performance co-created with Ora the Molecule and Friends. This emotionally charged, sensorial and participatory composition brought together over 500 guests in a shared experience of transformation and collective rhythm.

CLIENT
Self-initiated by COLLECTIVE OSLO
in collaboration with Ora the Molecule

LOCATION
Tad Gallery, Oslo

CATEGORY
Cultural Activation

DELIVERABLES
Performance Curation
Facilitation & Production
Collaboration & Artist Booking
On-site Execution
Scent Integration
Guest Journey & Flow
Activation Concept, Strategy and Execution
Community Engagement
Post-event Documentation

CREATIVE DIRECTION
Ora the Molecule (Nora Schjelderup) – Artist, Composer, Performer

Film by COLLECTIVE OSLO

Creative Constellations

Orchestrated by Ora the Molecule (Nora Schjelderup) and a constellation creative artist friends, We Are Molecules fused artistic disciplines into one emotional, immersive form. Choreographers, dancers, designers, spatial artists, stylists, filmmakers, and aperfumer merged practices—transforming collaboration into a shared force of connection and collectivity.

Collective Immersion

Entering through a hidden back passage, guests traveled through energetic, uplifting performances into a meditative, almost ritual close.

The first space pulsed like a heartbeat.A living runway where models, dancers, and guests moved in synchrony. Scent drifted invisibly. Fashion became movement. Emotional connection was the medium. A surprise performance by Bertine Zetlitz, reinterpreting her iconic Fake Your Beauty, shifted the energy into joyful release—nostalgia meeting rupture in a collective moment of euphoria.

Then: exhale. In the second gallery, the pace softened. Ora sat inside a glowing “mother molecule,” her voice interwoven with a live vocal ensemble. Around her, the audience stilled, all suspended in resonance. In this final act, the performance became presence: a shared field of stillness, of being, a reminder of our shared materiality.

CREATIVE COLLABORATORS

Amanda Miyoko, Stella Amoah
Fashion Design

Tora Midtbø, Natanya Helena Kjølaas
Choreography & Dance

Lene Kunewa, Ada Rummelhoff, Kamilla Skarsbø
Spatial Design

Rasa Gundersen
Scent Design

Sarah Fuchs, Torleif Kvinnesland
Photography

Ask Sunde, Úlfur Kjalar Eyjolfsson, Angel Gonzi
Film & Visual

Ida Vie
DJ & Event Production

Ludvig Holmen
Artist & Architect

Guest Performance
Bertine Zetlitz

Hair by Gevir
Andres V. Klovstad, Agnes Gulbrandsen, Karina Larsen

Makeup
Linda Wickmann

Supporting the Arts

This project is part of COLLECTIVE OSLO’s long-term commitment to supporting the arts through bold, inclusive cultural formats. By initiating and producing projects outside the commercial sphere, we foster collaboration across disciplines, elevate emerging creative voices, and reimagine how art and culture are experienced—especially by younger and more diverse audiences. Each activation reflects our belief that participation builds connection, and that the most vital creativity happens where disciplines, people, and perspectives intersect. Always seeking the most vibrant frequencies in art and culture.

These cultural activations are made possible through support from public institutions and our partners including Oslo Kommune Kulturetaten, KORO, and Innovation Norway.