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...
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....
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...
Ulvsjön – Kuhasalo Simultaneously
This is a SKÄLVA event held on to places simultaneously. KANTAPÖYTÄ hosted the event in Joensuu, Finland. The instructions was as followed: Step One. Walk through the forest. Use all senses. Two tasks for the walk: #1: Scatter and gather. Switch been two modes: -The want to split up the group as much as...
Skälva Joins the Lunch Beat-Party
Skälva reports from Lunch Beat 12/2 at Studion Kulturhuset I was impressed by the idea. A lunch break in form of a club. You get food and you get people to dance with. Limited between 12.00-13.00. All of you Skälva-participants know that we've had our own version of this idea (lunch jam). When I joined...
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...
To Move in Junkspace
If you saw us running (playing tag) without knowing us, would you dare to join? There were som young people who talked about joining but they didn't dare. They made some movement. I was surprised that so many people smiled at us when we were running in between the mass of bodies passing...
The Spin of the Well-dressed
Stureplan. A square in the rich area of Stockholm. Considered rich. With a larger amount of well-dressed people. If you by well-dressed mean similarlooking people in rather expensive clothes and shoes. They know exactly what to wear in formally dress-coded situation and what exact shape of shirt collar to wear this season. It is...
From Above
A duet after the rain. Two bodies moving. Exploration number: 008 Hosted by Skälva Where: Stockholm When: 14th of November 2011 Participants: Jenny and Ulrika Archive material: 106 photos + 1 video
The Secret Square
I spend most of my time in a really small space. I live in the dark. It is my natural resting place. Comfortable. Safe. Cosy. I sometimes go out. Rarely on my own. Usually someone pulls me out. I rely on help. Home is a nice place to be. When I go out I...
On Water
Us and them. We and you. Us and that. Exploration number: 006 Hosted by Skälva Where: Skeppsholmen, Stockholm When: 20th of September 2011 Duration: 17.30-18.30 Participants: Gabriel, Jenny, Jon and Ulrika Archive material: 89 photos
The Hill of Garbage and Gravity
Gravity is a force. We feel weight on earth because gravity is pulling us down, while the floor or ground stops us from falling. We are pressed against it. Modern physics describes gravitation using the general theory of relativity, in which it is a consequence of the curvature of spacetime governing the motion of inertial...
