Sömndagboken (The Sleep Journal)

2024
2-channel videoinstallation, HD-video, 42 min

The project is a collaboration between the visual artists Karin Lindstén and Nadja Ericsson.
The video installation The Sleep Journal was screened with live electronics by composer and musician Ola Bergman, at Inter Arts Center, Malmö.

https://iac.lu.se/events/somndagboken-the-sleep-journal/

“Some images: dust, weariness, stones floating to the surface. I couldn’t sleep, so I went down to the birds. It was then that I realized: I was living in the double. Two moons become two eyelids that close. I don’t have much left to say. The stains suddenly turned into swans on dark water. I’ll never forget that. I still had a milk tooth left well into my teenage years. What else has happened? I wanted to tell you about the house, but I can’t remember the proportions. I wanted to tell you about the siblings, but I’ve read too many fairytales. Swan by day, human only by night. Eyes blurry with cataracts, pupils tear-shaped. I wanted to clean here, but the vacuum cleaner was broken.”