Square of Pebbles and Positioning
It was a small area, not bigger than us laying down in a line. A stage appeared in the usage of a group staying focused. Exploration number: 074 Where: Järntorget, Göteborg When: 10th of April 2014 Duration: 12.15-12.35 Participants: Amanda, Carolina and Jenny Archive material: 25 photos from a DSLR
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...
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...
Lunchjam with Grown Ups
“They soon stopped being ten years old. But whatever age they were seemed to be exactly the right age for having fun.” – Maud Hart Lovelace “Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is...
Crossing Roads
Introduction Korsvägen can be translated into english as The Crossing Road and triggers my curiosity just because it lives up to its name. Here people, bicycles, cars, trucks, buses and tram are constantly blocking the flow for each other. I see it as a metaphor and core structure of a city. It includes both the...
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....
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...
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...
Stairs to Explore
If you couldn't join our Lunchjam exploring the stairs in Pustegränd you can find an other one. See the video below for inspiration. Exploration number: 034 (pre-exploration) + 036 When: 25th of April 2012 Where: Pustegränd, Södermalm, Stockholm Duration: 12.00-13.00 Participants: Jenny, Johanna, Helena and Ulrika Archive material: 36 photos (exploration 034) + 105...
Moving Monumentally
Do you want to understand finnish? Voit KANTAPÖYTÄ Toivottavasti olet kunnossa. Täällä vesi on edelleen gurgles vastaan kajkanterna ja taivas on harmaa. Kun me kaipaamme lentää pitkin lukemattomia harjanteet. Muistithan Riddarholmen? Muistakaa, kuinka sora vastusti kämmenissä? Kun me juoksi ja tuli takaisin?Raekuuro oli odottamaton vieras, jonka saimme kuin ystävä. Olemme muutti Tukholman kapein katu,...
Body Language
Carlie: "The cell phone is off. It implies you are more important than a random call, and I wants to be fully present for our day out,"1 Taylor: "Your colleagues have a meeting that concerns you, without inviting you"2 Carlie: "They do all of this patting and clutching of hands that maybe...
