Stamsund Residency

A Landscape of Language is a performance commissioned by The Stamsund International Theater Festival. The piece began as a 100km walk over 50 hours starting at the beginning of the festival. Over the course of three days, people from the local area and festival participants called while I was walking. We would chat, I would ask questions: name a color; where did you grow up; what is one thing you enjoy about life, if you could pick an object to describe your personality, what object would you choose; then I would make a photograph in the vicinity triggered by that information. At the conclusion of the walk I gave a presentation of the images along with stories, then gave copies of the pictures to the callers.


19:35 Ice blue Contemplation

21:13 Green Her friends

21:38 Blue Energy

23:59 Budapest

00:14 Black/green Life, Love and Black Metal

01:00 Blue Growing in all kinds of understanding

02:05 Green/red Expedition/Adventure

02:44 Red Disco

10:49 Dynamic

13:13 Black Magic

14:08 Green Simple things

14:50 Purple Hugs

18:24 Green Sailing

19:14 Growing in all kinds of understanding
20:15 The pinnacle of the tour, the sculpture at Eggum.

20:39 Red Nature A heart

22:37 The moment I don't have to think about what I like

22:55 Being Stupid

00:10 Green Happiness

09:44 Blue New places

09:57 Blue Son A glass

11:01 Yellow The sun A lamp

12:08 Music Tree

12:17 Green Expedition/ Adventure

13:00 Yellow Something simple

15:52 Green Scenery/Wilderness/Nice people Leatherman

16:34 Green, red, yellow, orange Stone

18:00 Livingroom

18:37 Swim in the ocean Stone

19:06 Sailing Classic

19:13 Red Reading


21:00 Blue People An orange

21:06 Orange Stone

Anyone is welcome to call me while I'm on my walk. I'll try my best to make a photograph for you from where I stand when you call. You might call it a personalized photograph.