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In my new work “dawn” I want to dive deeply into the creation of fictive artifacts from a queer Afro-Nordic folklore. When home and identity are defined as something that is not in-between, but rather a third place and culture, what does that mean for ancestry, artifacts and myth? In this new work I’m interested in playing with the idea of what might have come before me or parallel to me in this speculative landscape called home.

Archeology is a project with often violent and colonial methods. I’m interested in the retrieval of fictive artifacts from a non-human ancestry. Artifacts are objects that spark imagination about what might have been, creating fictions and projections. I’m interested in the materialization of myth and the performance of artifacts that inspire and empower, as opposed to archeology’s history of distancing and othering.

At present, I am imagining working with one of the runes of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet. I am interested in thinking about the relation between runes and choreography, both being languages that can convey stories as well as manifest magic and fiction. I’m also interested in learning more about the history of the Elder Futhark from a decolonial perspective, for example the connection between specific letters and the letters in the Nabataean alphabet in North-East Africa and South-West Asia.

I’m imagining the format of this piece being like an installation where the audience can move around in the room. There will be large pieces of metal around the room that I will carve runes on with the help of a laser engraver, as a way of engraving spells. I will also work with moving these big metal pieces with ropes to build different islands, mountains and landscapes. Exploring the physicality of engaging with dragging and pushing. Possibly the work will also contain some singing.