Solo
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Project Description
In Solo, Dana Sederowsky has created a character who actively rejects society. A character who refuses to need anyone else.
In short, disjointed sentences, and through lists, protocols, long paragraphs and empty pages, the narrator describes a life in complete isolation. Other people are examined from afar. Their behavior is dissected, analysed and despised. Feverish dreams start to trespass on this repetitive, claustrophobic existence. Slowly, reality begins to come apart.
Geographical Scope
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Urban or rural issues
Physical or other transformations
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Summary
I am a visual artist based in Sweden who recently published my first hybrid artwork/novel title: Separat (swedish), translated into English; titled: Solo
In Solo, Dana Sederowsky has created a character who actively rejects society. A character who refuses to need anyone else.In short, disjointed sentences, and through lists, protocols, long paragraphs and empty pages, the narrator describes a life in complete isolation. Other people are examined from afar. Their behavior is dissected, analysed and despised. Feverish dreams start to trespass on this repetitive, claustrophobic existence. Slowly, reality begins to come apart.
Dana Sederowsky, born 1975, is a Swedish artist and photographer. Since the 1990s her work has created and explored various fictional characters through photography, video and performance. Solo, written before the pandemic, is the first time Sederowsky presents a character in book form.
Key objectives for sustainability
An example is that we see the character in the text walking in circles in his/her home, not needing to interact with anyone else.
In one chapter in the work, the character finds him/herself speaking to a tree outside the window.
The tree has specific ideas on how the individual is living his/her life inside the apartment and compares it to the world outside where you have to take action.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
The aestitics of this work is very conceptual. All words and details in the environment are given space and time. The referece of time is quite important element.
Key objectives for inclusion
The character has no gender, no age, no nationality and there are no references in time or space in the story.
Results in relation to category
The work has just been published, just one review so far in a Swedish magazine.
How Citizens benefit
Other people are just thought about in this stiry. The character is alone by choice, but has many ideas about how others should live their life, for instance not bringing children into this world.
Physical or other transformations
Innovative character
I have myself never read a story where you do not get any idea about who is the narrator in terms of gender, age, time and space.
Learning transferred to other parties
I think one can have very interesting talks and discussions about what it is like living like this. An individual closed off society.
