various 1999-2006

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Various performances and installations (1999-2006)

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 task I have put upon myself to do. In a sense these are performances as well, but without an audience, and with the purpose of producing some sort of aesthetic 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. Still they may appear as if somebody have performed a task, an experiment, or a game at the site.

These performances/ installations are grouped under different subjects. Below the photos there are links to the complete presentation of each project.