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This rendition of my performance Seventeen Minutes took place in an old lime stone quarry on the northern coast of the Baltic island of Gotland.
Almost 200 people gathered 3 summer evenings to watch glowing glass as the sun was setting and the Gotland sky went from light to dark blue.
During the performance I poured hot glass into
an iron mould and cast small glass houses, which were placed on
lime stones found in the quarry and handed out to the audience. After giving away the first
house I declared; This house will explode in seventeen minutes,
setting up a tension by the fact that people were given present with a literal "expiration".
After 10 –
20 minutes the houses would explode with a load noise, amplified by the acoustics in the quarry, releasing
some tension and anticipation in the audience. The performance lasted
for about 45 minutes during which 14 houses were handed out and the light darkened as much as it does on a clear August night in southern Sweden.
Click here to watch a Quicktime movie (26
mb progressive download) of the performance.
Click here to read about the furnace design and see photos of the construction.
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