installations and performances

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Installations and performances (1999-)

The performances I have staged have all consisted of a group of people sitting around a table engaged in some kind of game. Their attention is focused inwards, away from the audience. They speak if it is natural, but have not been encouraged to perform an act. Mostly the duration have been 2 to 2 1/2 hour with a slow progression, so the audience may drift back and forth between the performance and other things that may grasp their attention.

The setting is that of a competition, but as a performance it is also a collaboration. Other projects have similar elements of competition, where I am competing with myself, or executing a self-defined task.

In a sense these are performances as well, but without

an audience, and with the purpose of producing visual documentation. The “Sun vs shadow” project is one example.

Usually I have left the props used in the performances to be exhibited afterwards. At other times I have created installations with a similar appearance, but without an actual performance.Tthey still appear as if somebody have performed a task, an experiment, or a game at the site.

For the complete presentation of each performance/ installastion-project, use the links under the images.