{"id":195,"date":"2006-11-16T22:44:42","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T21:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/?p=195"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T10:26:24","slug":"korper-und-frau-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dantommi.net\/MyWorks\/korper-und-frau-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"K\u00f6rper und frau 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

K\u00f6rper und Frau \/ Kropp och kvinna<\/em> is a drama-installation based on a text by Elfriede Jelinek, combining sculpture, voice, and spatial sound. The work explores the body as a site of tension between representation and material presence. The voice is performed by actor Anna Forsell, and the installation was exhibited in Gothenburg and Oslo.<\/p>\n

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This work constitutes my first so-called drama-installation<\/em>, a term introduced by art critic Mikael Olofsson to describe the integration of dramatic text, sculptural form, and spatialized sound. The installation, titled K\u00f6rper und Frau \/ Kropp och kvinna<\/em>, is based on a text by Elfriede Jelinek and explores the body as a contested site of representation, projection, and control.<\/p>\n

The work combines elements of sculpture and drama, translating Jelinek\u2019s text into a spatial and material configuration rather than a theatrical staging. Excerpts from the text articulate tensions between agency and objectification, desire and discipline, and the body as both autonomous and constrained.<\/p>\n

The spoken voice heard from within the sculptural object belongs to actor Anna Forsell. By locating the voice inside the object, the installation foregrounds the body as both present and mediated, emphasizing the relationship between voice, material enclosure, and spatial listening.<\/p>\n

K\u00f6rper und Frau \/ Kropp och kvinna<\/em> was exhibited in Gothenburg and Oslo and marks an early investigation into the intersection of text, sound, and sculptural form\u2014an approach that later develops across my subsequent drama-based and sound-oriented installations.<\/p>\n

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“…Hall\u00e5! Mina tankar \u00e4r h\u00f6gpolitiska, mina handlingar h\u00f6ggradigt nerv\u00f6sa, mina kl\u00e4der h\u00f6gmoderna, min kropp h\u00f6gpresterande. Den har n\u00e5got att ge. Den har inget att ge. Det \u00e4r ett samspel mellan mig och den. Jag g\u00f6r allt f\u00f6r att befria den, men bara f\u00f6r att kunna beh\u00e5lla den. Titta p\u00e5 mina rosa trosor och den rosa beh\u00e5n, jag \u00f6nskar att de f\u00f6rh\u00f6ll sig annorlunda till mig, utveck-lade min figur till n\u00e5got trevligt som fick varenda kvinna att tro att hon skulle kunna se likadan ut om hon bara ville. Folk \u00e4r r\u00e4dda och blyga f\u00f6r mig, trots att jag \u00e4r s\u00e5 \u00e4ndl\u00f6st sev\u00e4rd!…” Ur pj\u00e4sen Kropp och Kvinna av Elfride Jelinek \u00f6versatt av Svenja Hums.<\/p>\n

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The video is from Black box in Oslo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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