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                                                        One Way or the Other

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                                                        An outside one day event on the former estate of Finnish national writer Elias Lönnroth
                                                        curated by Pekka Kainulainen and organized by Esa Turtiainen
                                                        There was a long path along the main house towards the barn
                                                        I choose that path for my performance "One Way or the Other"
                                                        I took a stone and wrapped it in tape, gluing side outwards
                                                        I took one end of a woolen string from my mouth and tied it around the stone
                                                        walking backwards till the string unrolled totally
                                                        I was ca 15 meters from the stone and kept walking backwards
                                                        tension was high, the stone moved about one meter then the string broke
                                                        I put tape with gluing side outwards around my mouth and kissed the stone
                                                        the stone stuck to my mouth and i walked it backwards towards the barn and dropped it there