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Odd sock day
fredag, mars 5th, 2010
At the Ministry it’s Odd Sock Day today, when the rest of the country is having a cold and wintery time. But in spite of subzero temperatures (-10 C this morning) and abundant snowdrifts and ice sheet we are heading for spring. The almanac and some tell tale signs are saying so… We are entering the “age of iciles” and reports about falling iciles (or rather iceblocks) have been common during the last 10 days or so. At the Ministry the thick snow sheet is living a retreating life under a harsh spring sun. Some days it’s plus and the spring flood is lurking around the corner. Some days it’s lots of water on the roads and in the ditches when the sun is starting to melt all the snow. The sunpanels on the Ministry-roof is already coming up to 80+ nowadays when the spring sun is out! But still, it will take some time for all this snow to disappear… As they say in the northern Norway:
“A few good summers, and we’ll be rid of this snow.”
On a different note. The Ministry is gearing up for spring and summer. After closing the fifth ARCHIVE-exhibition, next in line is now “Konstrundan” and a cooperation with a very famous swedish female electronica artist. Plans are cooking for the “Friction Performance Festival” in Uppsala which have invited HopArt in mid-June and also an unlikely 30 year Ladonia-related anniversary later on during the summer. But more about this further down the line!
Sixteen hundred - 1600!
tisdag, februari 23rd, 2010Time to celebrate yet another posting milestone for the Ministry NewsBlog. It is some time ago we passed post number 1400, and we’re heading for post number 1600… This means that the Ministry News Blog now contains 1600 articles for your enjoyment. Since the start of the blog there has been an increasing speed of growth. Several features has been added since the start.
Map over Europe in the year 1600.
Browse through the “Archives” and “Categories” or use the blogs own excellent search-engine to find items and articles, and experience what is going on, in, at and around the Ministry of Art & Jump.
From the start the blog was intended as a “News Blog” but the blog became an insight in the life of the artist and the Minister - which in fact is not always the same, or two different things. The Ministry News blog deals with everything that revolves around the Ministry of Art & Jump (which includes thoughts, ideas, art projects, philosophy, psychology, culture - and much more) about the Trinity: the Artist, the Minister and the Ministry.
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By the way, the map over Europe in 1600 is quite interesting. Some things are much the same and others are very different from today…
Demolition Derby
söndag, februari 21st, 2010
On Sunday February 28 the ongoing exhibition “ARCHIVE V - Spinoza Never Made it to Eslöv” will end. This is the weekend they didn’t play golf, it is the last chance to see the exhibition, and we are going out with a bang! It is a little bit like “Deliverance” meets Demolition Derby. The last day of the exhibition will be celebrated with a public disassembly! Take the chance to experience the exhibition on the last day! We are open 13-16 but we will start taking down the exhibition during this time! If you arrive late, you will miss it. Take the chance to see it before it’s gone! Skip Church, the TV-sofa or the Shopping and be able to tell your grandchildren what happened that weekend in early 2010 - that Sunday when we didn’t play golf…
Cabin Fever
lördag, februari 20th, 2010We have earlier described the snow situation at the Ministry as Bordering to Insanity. We are now passed that stage and are nearing, if not already arrived at Cabin Fever *. Every other day there is another blizzard that keeps sending up snowdrifts to never before seen height. And at the same time we hear about the snow shortage in OS-city Vancouver… This adds to the burden one could say. As this is written Our Hero has just returned from yet a battle against the natures evil forces (second time in the last 48 hrs). The struggling during the week includes a break-down of the tractor, which was timely fixed by the local garage just in time for the second snowstorm… They say another one is heading this way…
On another note. during the week the ongoing exhibition was visited by a little group that got a guided tour by yours truly. A welcomed break from the treadmill. The coming week is the last week for the exhibition. If you don’t want to miss it, take the chance to go see it this coming week! February 28 is the LAST DAY of the exhibition “Spinoza Never Made it to Eslöv”. Official Exhibition Video >>>.
*) Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group is isolated and/or shut in, in a small space, with nothing to do, for an extended period (as in a simple country vacation cottage during a long rain or snow). Symptoms include restlessness, irritability, forgetfulness, laughter, and excessive sleeping, distrust of anyone they are with, and an urge to go outside even in the (less miserable) rain, snow or dark.
Battling the elements!
söndag, februari 7th, 2010
A little memorandum from the weeks(!) that has passed that will give you an insight in the every day struggle of your Hero, Minister of Art & Jump. Consider the following: Your Hero is (in a way in a very picturesque surroundings), out there battling the elements with a 5 Ton Tractor of the Ministry:
The hero red-eyed and unshaven, a twitch at his left eye as he realizes that once again during the week must journey forth to battle the elements. [Close-up shots in the cab of the tractor, eye really twitching now]. Cue aggressive music (maybe “Heavy Machinery” by Alan Holdsworth with those brothers who used to play with the silly Yngvie Malmsteen). Our hero tries to shift gears, but the transmission is frozen. Now the cursing really kicks up a notch and gets more creative….
But then the tractor stalls in the stiff, heavy snow. Our hero’s mad exuberance deflates like a party balloon on a Sunday morning, replaced with a guttural, growing growl that seems to waver in time to the eye twitch….a kind of facial tremolo effect. The cursing has become entirely inarticulate now, and our hero’s face has become a bruised shade of purple. The howls of a lost soul can now be clearly heard outside in the blizzard, were there anything living out there to hear them.
Slowly, after a thousand cruelties of false starts, the engine kicks over and the tractor roars to life. Our hero lets out a strangled, wordless cry and shifts into reverse. After retreating to really leave space for a fast run-up, he pushes the accelerator to the floor and screams unto the heavens (spilling his drink on the dashboard and obscuring the dials in a colorful crust). The tractor surges forward and picks up speed. With tremendous inertia it crashes into the recalcitrant snow bank.
And the tractor stalls. Nature has triumphed again. Our hero slumps against the wheel and is still. The half-consumed tequila drops to the floor.
Snow chaos (BTI)…
lördag, februari 6th, 2010
The snow situation at the Ministry can now only be described as Bordering to Insanity. Every day there is another blizzard that keeps sending up snowdrifts to never before seen height. As this is written Our Hero is gearing up for a new battle against the natures evil forces… Hi ho, and away we go!
Snowstorms at the Ministry
lördag, januari 30th, 2010
Today was the second day this week (since Thursday morning) for clearing snow. Today it took “only” 1 hour with the Ministry tractor to dig out and clear the road for traffic again… *sigh*. Last nights storm came from the opposite direction (east) which is the most common wind direction at the Ministry during winter-time. Straight over the Baltic Sea all the way from Russia (with love). Perhaps time to start practice some snowshoeing!
EBS V - ongoing!
tisdag, januari 12th, 2010Don’t forget the 5:th exhibition ARCHIVE (EBS V - Spinoza never made it to Eslöv). The exhibition is ongoing and will have a relaunch on January 31! The exhibition runs until February 28. Don’t miss the untold history of Eslöv…
Correction:
torsdag, december 17th, 2009“Art involving huge moving, or stationary, devices has great potential.”
