Student Ghetto Quest Phase#1

‘moving in’

the goings-on

This is a fairly accurate description of how I feel at the moment. Faceless, blurred from insomnia and sporting a head-shape á la fear and loathing from too many hours of slaving away at the feet of satan casino. Luckily, tonight, I *might catch a bit of shut-eye since all I have to do is prepare for my meeting with Herr Westfahlen which is to take place tomorrow afternoon. I am so much looking forward to coming home, making some green tea with bits of jasmine and relaxing in front of some slow and mind-numbing moving images like Carnivale. And I am sure you’re very interested to hear about this.

Else, last saturday I attended Battle of the pole at Berns in Stockholm. I took some photographs, but they all look like this:Two girls, Emilia and Bonny, from my studio were competing. They both did a spectacular job! I saw many excellent performances, suffered many-a-lame host jokes and was severely disappointed in the general arrangement. Oona, the winner, floored me the same way she did in Pole Art 2009… The lady is paralyzing to watch. Basically, all you can do is stand there with your jaw dropped and a bad bad case of googly eyes.

I followed Simon to the closed opening of Vårsalongen på Liljevalchs. The next day all three of his paintings were sold! Allow me to say: $$$Ka-ching$$$! Seriously though, I’m very happy about it since the more money that flows in – the longer he can stick around in Swedenland… a concept i’ve taken a great shine to through the year.

Installation view:

And last but not least….I’m still working on my Zuhälterbande project. It is, of course, proceeding as planned.Right, now I’m going home. I’m also sending an electronic shot of love to anyone who had patience enough to stick it out through the whole post. May dozens of sheep fall from the sky into your garden, so you’ll have lots of free food and/or wooly pets.

Nostalgia – the worst disease

With the risk of sappiness: Do you remember that time, that place, where you felt the most *you? Do you remember minds interlocking and feeding off each other in a hyper creative flux of hermetics? I do. I also remember inspiring environments, rewarding raids for oddities and a Motivation of which I’ve never seen the like. Allright, so maybe during my time in Lasalle I made tons of juvenile crap. Maybe.  Some gems are kept and cherished, others thrown into the vast abyss of immaturity and will *fingers crossed* never ever see the light of day or internet. The point is, I made Something. Lots of something. And I loved every minute of it… I think. Either that or selective memory is having itself a royal fornication feast in my brain, making by-gone times and mental states seem jolly and desirable.

Ah. I do miss it though. If there was any money in my bank account I’d go back in a heart beat. Hell, I’ll go on bike. Make it an art project. Meet me at the merlion in 6 months, I’ll bring the ice cream.

Crystal Palace

I will be here on thursday…

Happy 2010

It’s a new year. May it be joyous and bountiful. May it beat the hell out of 2009. May all unfinished art projects still be worth working on. May winter disappear forever.

January begins, and it’s a very convenient time to make plans…set unachievable goals…curse the cold winds and stare at the horizon, as if it was to be put on canvas by our favourite german romantic, Caspar David Friedrich. But look, the thing is this: making plans have little use unless you execute them. I’ve been in this city long enough now to grow out of my starting character. It is time for Aufhebung, to re-charge the body and the ego and clean out the closet. It is time to…..Level Up.

Good luck on future adventures, dear friends.

My beloved

I have Finally cleared out the crap someone very thoughtfully left behind in my studio. The environment is now workable. Hooraay!! Rum all around!

Sneak Peak: Die Zuhälterbande

A short but image heavy post on what I’m up to at the moment (apologies for the blur, it happens):

Nein nein! Nicht mehr Touristen!!

I’m finally back after an exhausting and equally chaotic trip to Germany where I bopped my head to local jazz and saw plenty of art both on the lowbrow and super-high-end-mega-famous scene. Top catches were Joseph Beuys and the Wiener Aktionists at Hamburger Bahnhof, it was a fine experience to see some of their works live, or, well, represented live… meaning: not through the usual membraneous miniature book shell. Temporäre Kunsthalle offered some great eye and soul candy as well, among other things a rubber dinghy inflated by the artist (Kirsten Pieroth) playing an accordion.

This will have to do for now, I have exactly 7 hours until my second meeting with the mind doctor, and I need some sleep for that.

Meanwhile, here’s Simon next to questionable graffiti look-alike:

Steppin’ up the game

As you can probably see, I Finally found a decent place to put up my own pole in school, and I offer you this cell phone picture of my dirty feet as proof.

Also, a few short notes:

Break out the leather harness, the silver and the champagne, I finished the review of Tris Vonna-Michell at Tensta Konsthall! You can find it (in swedish) Here.

The 21:st of november, three of my animations (love machine, christmas laughter and kräket) will be shown at Kalmar Konstmuseum (Sydosten 2009).

On a more personal level, it’s been a bit more than a year since I found this one:

Now I must leave you, to spend a few hours with Ranciére before I sleep. Tomorrow promises to be another long day…

Tivoli

Educational school outing: