A Brutally Honest and Joyful Audio Work About Class and Broken Family Relationships – with Sigurd Lewerentz's Architecture as a Backdrop and Östra Cemetery as a Starting Point.

Lisen and her mother haven't been in contact for many years. The relationship has been so broken that it was better not to communicate at all. But suddenly one day, the mother sends a text message. She wants to talk about the architect Sigurd Lewerentz. And about how they are related. But who is Sigurd anyway? And what is Lisen supposed to do with an aging mother, a working-class parent, trying to reach out through stories about a dead architect, world heritage, and high culture? Despite great doubts, Lisen decides to give her mother a chance. Maybe this is their last opportunity to find their way back to each other.

As the audience moves through the cemetery, an intimate, documentary conversation between mother and daughter unfolds in the headphones.

"Man kan ju inte leva på luftbubblor och drömmar, liksom" is a story about a mother and daughter's shaky path back to conversation. An intimate, documentary conversation that would never have happened if it weren't for the brutalist architect Sigurd Lewerentz, known for designing, among other things, the Östra Cemetery in Malmö. "Man kan ju inte leva på luftbubblor och drömmar, liksom" is guided by music by the composer Foad Arbabi.

Please note that this is a walking performance in swedish starting at Sallerupsvägen 151, the northern entrance. You can experience the work whenever you want. All you need is a charged mobile phone and a pair of headphones.

The headphone work is available to listen to throughout the Malmö Sommarscen season, between June 13 and August 2, after which Inkonst will take over the work until October 31.

A link to the work will be published here on June 13.

CREDITS

By: Lisen Rosell

Composer/Sound Design & Audio Guide: Foad Arbabi

Featuring: Lisen Rosell, her mother, Foad Arbabi

Producer: Sara Bergsmark (Johnson & Bergsmark)

Administration: Interim kultur, an artist-owned production company

Thanks to: Linnea Sällqvist

Co-producer: Inkonst, Malmö Sommarscen, Next Stage+

Supported by: The Swedish Arts Council, the Church of Sweden's cultural scholarship, and the EU program Creative Europe.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.