Attempt at
actions and performances 2011- 2022
ongoing project

Strategies for dealing with a world forever on the verge of collapse

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It ́s not the end of the world– it just feels that way.

The dented horizon– looking out at an uncertain tomorrow.

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I make a few rules for myself to follow.

I try to stick to them.

I set up a situation in one place as a mirror to an event in another time and place.

I attempt to reach an emotional understanding through physical effort.

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In the action/ performance/ video pieces entitled “Attempt at...” I give myself a simple task- to reach safety on a distant shore, to establish shelter on top of a hill and to transverse a beach of contaminated sand without touching the ground. The nature of the task at hand relies on information about conditions of environmental distress on the site. The action performed in the landscape is intended as a way to explore how it all affects me and to establish a personal connection to the site; to the landscape and the terrain. The physically challenging nature of the attempts serve as a preparation for meditation on events that I find difficult to comprehend on a purely intellectual level.

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all photo / video © Patrik Qvist unless otherwise stated