Slippery Terrain at Eastern Edge Gallery in St.Johns Canada March 7th - April 16th 2009

I'll be showing the "old" Tele-Pets video in a monitor. Tele-Pets is a video about telepathic experiences between humanbeings and animals. I do have more text on this but I guess most of us know this piece already....
In case of space etc I will also show another new sound work about an ageing dog. In the video a person gives a speech to a dog. The speech is a poetic stroy about how the two met.
Furthermore, during the opening I will conduct/create a telepathic experiment with the audience. The event will at first appear as a quite meditative relaxation (slightly "crystalballish" - can I say so in english?) but in the end turn out to be a scientific experiment.





1. PLEASE FIND YOURSELVES A COMFORTABLE PLACE PLACE TO BE IN AND CLOSE YOUR EYES.
2. RELAX AND BREATHE DEEPLY AND SLOWLY.

3. RELAX YOUR BODY. LET YOUR ARMS AND HANDS FALL DOWN. KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED. BREATHE SLOWLY.
IMAGINE WAVES OF RELAXATION RUNNING DOWN YOUR BODY - FROM YOUR SCALP DOWN TO YOUR TOES.
WASHING OUT ALL STRESS, ALL TENSION AND ALL THOUGHTS.
RELAX ALL MUSCLES IN YOUR BODY.
EMPTY YOUR MIND.
THERE ARE NO THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEAD.

FEEL HOW HEAVY YOUR BODY BECOMES.
YOUR EYES ARE HEAVY. ALL MUSCLES IN YOUR FACE GET HEAVY.
YOUR HEAD IS SO HEAVY IT FALLS DOWN.
YOUR ARMS WEIGH TONS. AS YOUR HANDS AND FINGERS .
YOUR UPPER BODY IS HEAVY. BELLY.
YOUR BOTTOM. YOUR THIGHS. YOUR LEGS.
YOUR FEET BECOME HEAVY. AND YOUR TOES.

PAUSE.


3. TAKE A DEEP BREATHE AND INHALE OUT.
NOW YOU ARE TOTALLY CALM AND RELAXED.

4. YOUR MIND IS STABLE. YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER IT.
YOUR MIND IS CLEAR AND FOCUSED.

5. STILL KEEP YOUR EYES CLOSED. BREATHE CALMLY.

NOW IMAGINE A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON (WHO IS ALIVE) IS IN FRONT OF YOU.
KEEP ALL OTHER THOUGHTS AWAY.

PAUSE

FOCUS ON THIS PERSON. TRY TO SEE VERY DETAIL OF YOUR FRIEND. NOSE. MOUTH. EYES. EYELIDS. LIPS. CHEEKS. SKIN. HAIR.
HANDS. CLOTHES.
SEE ALL SHAPES AND FORMS. VISUALIZE. DON'T THINK IN WORDS.

PAUSE

NOW HEAR THE PERSONS VOICE. TALK. LAUGHTER. WHISPER. YELLING.

PAUSE

SEE YOUR FRIEND MOVE AROUND. IN HER HOUSE. YARD. STREET. FOCUS ON THIS PERSONS EXISTENCE.

PAUSE

THINK OF A SPECIFIC MEMORY OF THIS PERSON. YOU CAN SAY HER NAME.

PAUSE

FEEL HER TOUCH ON YOU. FEEL HER PRESENCE CLOSE TO YOU.

LONG PAUSE


TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND INHALE OUT. WIGGLE YOUR TOES AND SLOWLY WAKE UP AND OPEN YOUR EYES.
THANK YOU.