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Day One: Writing on Water
Svandammen Pond
Uppsala, Sweden
September 2018
The Magazine
Below are the individual pages from a magazine that was placed on the fourteen benches alongside the Svandemman Pond during the Uppsala installation; this magazine was intended as an historical, conceptual, and personal supplement to the project. Tied by a thin wire to each of the benches, all of the magazines were in ziplock bags with a stone placed on top of each of them upon which was written: "Open | Observe | Return."
By the second day of the installation, all fourteen copies of the magazine had disappeared.
By the second day of the installation, all fourteen copies of the magazine had disappeared.
Day Two: The Parks Crew and Reports of "Debris"
The Inadvertent De-Installation, and the Disappearing of the Disappearing World
The Inadvertent De-Installation, and the Disappearing of the Disappearing World
On the second morning of the installation, someone in the community called in to the Uppsala Parks Department,
reporting "debris" floating on the pond. The crew (above) quickly responded, hastily removing the writing on water installation (at which time, apparently, the "debris" went unrecognized as letters and words). Not long after, however, the mistake was realized, the official police permit located, and apologies were given. I arrived soon after
(but too late) at the scene of the disappearance.
reporting "debris" floating on the pond. The crew (above) quickly responded, hastily removing the writing on water installation (at which time, apparently, the "debris" went unrecognized as letters and words). Not long after, however, the mistake was realized, the official police permit located, and apologies were given. I arrived soon after
(but too late) at the scene of the disappearance.
Day Three: The Interview
Swedish National Television. "The Park Unit Cleans Up the Artwork"
Video and interview by Niklas Gedda, of SVT: Nyheter
Broadcast September 19, 2018.
www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/har-stadar-parkenheten-bort-konstverke
Swedish National Television. "The Park Unit Cleans Up the Artwork"
Video and interview by Niklas Gedda, of SVT: Nyheter
Broadcast September 19, 2018.
www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/har-stadar-parkenheten-bort-konstverke
Swedish National Radio, "The Artwork Was Erased — By Mistake."
Broadcast on Wednesday, September 19, 2018
sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=114&artikel=7046939
Broadcast on Wednesday, September 19, 2018
sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=114&artikel=7046939
Day Four: The Newspaper
Aftonbladet (Stockholm Daily Newspaper), "The Municipality Cleaned Up the Artwork— Thought it was Rubbish,"
Published September 22, 2018
Aftonbladet (Stockholm Daily Newspaper), "The Municipality Cleaned Up the Artwork— Thought it was Rubbish,"
Published September 22, 2018
Many thanks to Ayla Lunberry and Serhan Wade for their enormous help with the installation (and Ayla for many of the photographs); Otto Fischer and Mats Rosengren of Uppsala University for the invitation; Erik Falk for the paddle board; and Emmanuel Cruz for assistance with the magazine...
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