Red: Göteborg

The space is huge, ca 12 meters high. In a black briefcase about 20 stones are attached to red woolen threads. The threads go via oozes at the ceiling, their other ends hang just above the floor. The artist takes the stones from the briefcase and lays them in a half circle in front of him. With the free ends he ties a stock around his neck. He then walks away. The stones rise. The weight around his neck too. By turning around and jumping and hanging he manages to let the stones rise till the ceiling. Then the threads break one after another. Stones fall down. Cutting the stock to a new format the free man goes off.
This performance was inspired by the riots in Gothenburg in June 2002.
            
'Ideologia 2 Biennale'    
Art House Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Curator: Jonas Stampe