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...
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...
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...
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:...
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)...
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...
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...
Authentic Webcam
Background story The Skälva-member Jenny Simm was invited to Soma Networks weekend exploring Authentic Movement. Jenny Simm was invited as a camera-witness; exploring the room through the lens. Questions arouse from the concept. What is authentic? Is there something fake? How does the witness influence the mover? As a continuation of these questions an idea...
