Austmarka | 5 degrees | dark + damplooking out
first thing
the grubby sky
is touching
the ground
underfoot
the road
is sticky and slippery
water is trickling
and rushing
everywhere
don’t need a hat
or gloves
from the shop
get bread
satsumas, a pear
decide to give
the pølse
(sausages)
a go
they look like
fat frankfurters
the owner
asks
how are things going?
he suggests
a trip to
Stockholm
only
5 hours away
it’s friendlier there
the video stuff
is on the
back burner
the programme
keeps crashing
frustrating
greedily
it eats up the time
giving so
little back
some artists
hand over the
making of stuff
to others
experts
less painful
perhaps
but that
requires
a degree
of clarity
about intentions
that simply
don’t exist
here and now
after a cheese
(so bland)
sandwich +
gerkiny pickle
a change of scene
huddle up
upstairs
on the sofa
with a film
keeping
in the spirit
of all things
scandanavian
you tube provides
some Bergman films
watch
The Rite (1969)
shot in
black + white
strange characters
actors perhaps
engaged in
arcane and
bizarre behaviour
being grilled
by a judge
in frequent
close ups
they are
lined, textured
creased
swaying bewteen
agression + torpor
melodrama
intense and
complict in
something dark
undefined
somewhat
hysterical
and priapic
…not many laughs
the evening
drags on
sit and construct
with card and glue
architectual forms
on a v small scale
quite pleasing
to do whilst
listening to
stories
on audio
