Evening Twilight Study
An ordinary afternoon turning into evening. A bunch of people gathering to make a move. Life running through their bodies. Life surrounding them. More to come. Runinng. Turning. If you body does that mine do this. Stopping. Listening. If your arm go there mine go here. Unity. In connection. Words not necessary. Exploration number: 054...
SKÄLVA goes DISCO
A SKÄLVA compass for a club night 1. First – Meeting point Sit down, sink into the seats and look out into the space. What is happening? What is not happening? Be silent, look at the facial expressions in the room. On the way to the next place Packing up. Trying an other...
Touching Vanadislunden
Med en dags varsel samlades fyra varelser för en färd genom lunden. Solen sken och gav skarpa skuggor. De fallna löven var varmare än gräset. En rad NU åt upp timmen. Exploration number: 053 When: 20th of September 2013 Where: Tantolunden, Stockholm Duration: 12.00 -13.00 Participants: Anneli, Irina, San och Ulrika Archive material:...
Explore Göteborg – Skansens Krona
Textiles in my face. Fringes flicker. Small steps. Reaching out. Touching. Connecting. Almost at the top. A knee to touch ground. A need to touch ground. Shapeshiffting. Borrow my shadow! Mark. Conquer. Dissolve. Appreciating strength. Focused turning. Stay put. Be motion. Relax. Possibilities with canons. One more step. Leaning into or standing on your own....
On Asphalt
Carrot, spinach and blueberry. As we wished to be alive. Where did the carrot go? So we tagged along to see what was happening. Even the tree danced with us. We talked for forty five minutes and got...
Travelling Liljeholmen – Hornstull
I suddenly see the flowers. I run to them. All of us run to them. The group instantly share my joy. My joy? Is it mine? Of course not – it is our joy. We are connected. We dip our noses deep into the scent of flowers. We lean on their concrete pots and...
We are SKÄLVA
We are SKÄLVA. The swedish word skälva can be translated into the verb quiver. A motion which is small, but noticable. A quiver often happens spontanuously as a response to an emotional input. You quiver when you are scared, nervous, happy or simply freezing. It is a kind of response. Pictures by Mira Åkerman...
Last observation before moving apart.
SORGESÅNG gruset knastrar gräset är mjukt och vi vilar där är du med mig nu? vi finner utan att söka vi rör oss, som vi alltid rör oss fast ändå inte träden fäller sina blad inte nu, snart jag vet att det kommer allt blir rött asfalten är en annan...
SKÄLVA workshop at Stockholm Fringe Fest
Pictures by Liga Kamare We were many. You got my back. I covered you. You listened so carefully. We were a wave on concrete. There was times of stillness. A team of body expression. The rain guided us home. Exploration number: 042 (workshop) + 043 (performances)...
Why We Explore
The “we” in this text specifically refers to the SKÄLVA collective that consists of Jenny Simmar and Ulrika Berge. Why do we do this? What is it that we explore? What have we found? What are we searching for? We are interested in communication through movement. Our events are meetings between people who come from...
With Eight Legs and One Brain.
To be a spider. To find support. To let the body turn. To be in any direction. The body of a spider consists of two easily recognizable parts, a narrow waist connects both parts. The eight legs can move independently which makes a spider an excellent climber. Spider silk provides a combination of lightness, strength...
Annual Meeting 2012
Call to order: An annual meeting of SKÄLVA, was held on Långholmen, Stockholm on the 17th of may, 2012. The meeting convened at 17.00, President Ulrika Simm presiding, and Jenny Berge, secretary. Members in attendance: Canon 50d, Iphone 4, Jenny Berge, Jenny Simm, Nikon 3100, Samsung (model unknown), Ulrika Berge and Ulrika Simm. Members not...
