On the Movement of Feminism
What cities could be built in such a manner that we will never be told to “smile” again? For seventy five minutes the nude performers participate in a muscular, jiggly, bawdy ode to flesh and joy, fashioning a feminist fantasy where bodies can exist free from judgment and shame. "If I can't dance...
A Return Walk – Take Two
Full Definition of PERFORMANCE ART: a nontraditional art form often with political or topical themes that typically features a live presentation to an audience or onlookers (as on a street) and draws on such arts as acting, poetry, music, dance, or painting. 1. The accomplishment of a given task measured against preset known standards...
Water and stone
HOW TO BLEND INTO A NATURAL ENVIROMENT according to collectively written texts on internet 1. Assess your environment, what color is it mostly? How loud or quiet is it? Is it still or is it moving? Consider these factors that will affect how you blend in. 2. Blend visually, this depends a lot on...
Island Turnaround
"ahhhh an other awesome contact impro event in Stockholm! I wasn't sure how I was going to go, as it was an exploration of a public space, one of the tiny islands of the old town. the aim was to stay connected ourselves, to space and each other and have fun. It was like...
SKÄLVA goes Nature
"Stretching was a major part of my preparation." "Smell is a long-distance sense, a way of stretching time and finding out in advance what lies ahead." "Success is due to our stretching to the challenges of life." "Stretching can be done with force or spontaneuosly" "An attempt at visualizing the Fourth Dimension: Take a...
Playday in snow
If you walk in snow you leave a trace. Even if you know snow is cold you touch once again. Branches are surprisingly warm. If you fall onto them they bounce back. Laughter comes from inside. It grows outwards. Bodies move simultaneously. Eyecontact is pure joy. If you climb you see further. Bushes are...
Moving between Two Walls
A short glimpse of an exploration of the most narrow street in Stockholm. When: 12th of April 2012 Where: Mårten Trorzigs gränd, Stockholm Duration: 19.00-20.00 Participants: Amir, Chen, Dalia, Jenny, Kai, Lina-Lena, Ulrika and Vincentas
Back to the streets of Stockholm
> In june 2013 ten movers met up to play, for a dance in the tiny parc of Axel Landqvist, Stockholm. The camera dancing with them. Later that summer three editors met in Vilnius and played with the visual material. The result travelled back to Stockholm where it was lost in the world of things to...
Through the Tunnel
One of the nine elements that generally occur during Near Death Experience is the tunnel experience. This involves being drawn into darkness through a tunnel, at an extremely high speed, until reaching a realm of radiant golden-white light. Also, although they sometimes report feeling scared, they do not sense that they were on the...
Homage a the Kärrtorp Manifestations
Women who use movement in public spaces for social commentary, art and protest are myth-busting along many dimensions: active, not passive; strong not vulnerable; together, not isolated; public, not private; and, usually, angry, not alluring. Different movements can be used to accentuate the changing effect, including the hugging, swinging and sweeping. You won't see...
Decomposing Leaves
Blurry – difficult to see – difficult to understand or seprate clearly. Picture – a drawing, painting, photograph, etc – something you produce in you mind, by using imagination or memory To Document – to record the details of an event, a process, etc An Improvisation – a performance that an actor, muscian,...
Travelling Trio Surrounding Ersta
En text två språk. / One text two languages. For english version see below. Vänner som flyger fram fort ibland, långsamt ibland, alltid vackert. Vackert som svävande papper, störtar snabbt nerför trappan. Vrååålet störtar med, andningen störtar med, kroppen störtar med. Kroppen är inte en utan flera, en, två, tre kroppar reser...
