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...
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...
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
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...
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...
Skälva at Kulturnatten
Saturday 21th of April 21.00-21.30 Kulturhuset, Stockholm Under the Stockholm Fringe Fest umbrella the Skälva duet will explore the spaces within kulturhuset. Exploration number: 035 When: 20th of April 2012 Where: Kulturnatten, Kulturhuset, Stockholm Participants: Jenny, Ulrika Archive material: 27 photos, 7 short film clips
Morningscore
Movement possibilities in morning rituals. Can we move through them together? How to eat breakfast while dancing? Where: At home, Stockholm When: 29th of February 2012 Duration: 07.15-07.30 Participants; Jenny, Ulrika Archive material: 18 photos, video with uniqe sound recorded and remixed by SKÄLVA.
To Explore the In Between Spaces of Amorella
As the boat traveled through ice and cold water under the winter dark sky Skälva crept around in its intestines. We met beside the information desk at deck 7. Four dancers. While most passengers of the ferry were eating dinner, taking a drink or checking best buy offers in the taxfree we travelled up the...
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...
Between the Lost Objects
The generation of human is like that of leaves. The wind scatters one year's leaves on the ground, but the forest burgeons and and puts out others, as the season of spring comes round. So it is with humans: one generation grows on, and another is passing away (Homeros?, 700 BC). Looking inside yourself for...
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...
