(s) First day of exhibition: Moving boxes, table, chair, pencil, pen sharpener, eraser, diary, pins, cupboard, mattress, sheets, blanket, carpet and lamp.
Last day of exhibition: Diary, pencil, eraser, letters, cupboard and keys.
(a) First day of exhibition: Desk, chair, typewriter, envelopes, paper, photograph and painted mirror.
Last day of exhibition: Desk, typewriter, typewriter ribbon, chair and mdf-boards.
I see only from one point, but in my existence I am looked at from all sides
Jaques Lacan
In the piece Under konvalescensen (s) /Under konvalescensen (a) the lowercase letter s becomes the character den lilla sjuklingen. Den lilla sjuklingen communicates through the diary. The audience can read the diary to understand the course of events. The beginning of the exhibition also marks the beginning of den lilla sjuklingens convalescence.
In the piece, objet petit a becomes the character antagonisten [the antagonist]. The audience can write letters to den lilla sjuklingen. Two boards of MDF are mounted on the wall of the room where the audience write their letters. There is a photo on one and a mirror on the other. The mirror has been painted over except for two gaps in the paint where you can look yourself in the eye.
Although the role of antagonisten is played by many different people the image that den lilla sjuklingen has of them remains constant. The view that antagonisten has of den lilla sjuklingen is already determined.
Through a large window, one can see into the room where den lilla sjuklingen lives. Every day, changes occur in the room: the bed is sometimes made, sometimes not, the lamp is switched on or not, letters are opened and new pages are added to the diary.
On the last day den lilla sjuklingen has visited the space where antagonisten works. It has been destroyed. The room in which den lilla sjuklingen lives has been emptied of furniture. But the letters, the diary and THE ARCHIVE (a little cupboard on the wall) are still there. For the last day, the descriptions in the titles of the pieces have been altered. The new list of contents is dependent on what was left, what had disappeared and what was new.
