This paper¹ describes and analyses how the live performing arts sector in Norway adapted to the abrupt change that affected most European countries in mid-March 2020. Based on a mid-pandemic empirical analysis, it argues that the sudden lockdown due to Covid-19 created a real-time laboratory for digital adaptation within the culture sector. In light of this digital adaptation, I ask whether this rapid digital turn represented a disruption in the cultural sector, and whether the sudden digitalization challenged the structures of cultural production. The paper argues that the digital adaptations to Covid-19 in central parts of the cultural sector have represented a temporary disruption. Rather than fast-forwarding a digital development, the pandemic digital turn has even more than illuminated the innovative and transformative potential of the digital, accentuated the value of the analogue. Still, it will be a continuing task for research in the years to come to assess the potential lasting implications of Covid-related digitalizations in the cultural sector.

本文¹描述并分析了挪威的现场表演艺术部门如何适应 2020 年 3 月中旬影响大多数欧洲国家的突然变化。基于大流行中期的实证分析，它认为由于 Covid-19 导致的突然封锁造成了真正的- 文化部门数字化适应时间实验室。鉴于这种数字化适应，我想问这种快速的数字化转变是否代表了文化部门的颠覆，以及突然的数字化是否对文化生产结构构成了挑战。该论文认为，文化部门中部对 Covid-19 的数字化适应代表了暂时的破坏。大流行的数字化转型并没有快速推进数字化发展，而是不仅阐明了数字化的创新和变革潜力，强调了类比的价值。尽管如此，评估与 Covid 相关的数字化在文化领域的潜在持久影响仍将是未来几年的一项持续研究任务。