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Notes from Mariehamn / Björkö / Nötö / Själö (Seili)

Notes from Mariehamn / Björkö / Nötö / Själö (Seili)

July 31 – August 9 During our stay in Mariehamn we went to explore the Bomarsund castle ruins with Godzilla’s artists Siún Carden, Minna Henriksson, and Ragnar Elnyg. The whole place was built with such uniquely shaped hexagonal (very honeycomb-like!) stones. Majority of the original (apparently massive) structures had been destroyed — there were only wall parts left here and there. Minna Henriksson’s and Ragnar Elnyg’s performances took place on August 2 at the Sjökvarteret Museum. Minna Henriksson’s performative lecture…

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Notes from Karlskrona / Kalmar / Öland / Oskarshamn / Visby / Fårö

Notes from Karlskrona / Kalmar / Öland / Oskarshamn / Visby / Fårö

July 12 – July 23 After Poland we arrived in Karlskrona, Sweden, where we met with Godzilla’s artists Sasha Rotts, Pavel Rotts (SASHAPASHA) and Anastasiia Lapteva. We explored the small harbour town for a while, and early next morning we started heading towards Kalmar. The plan was to stay in Kalmar for few days, so we could fix one of the mast wires that got damaged during the sail and to get to know the surroundings better. We rented a…

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Sasha Rotts (SASHAPASHA) 25.7.2024

Sasha Rotts (SASHAPASHA) 25.7.2024

When I was little, we had a book called ‘Masterpieces of Russian Painting’, which I loved to look through. On our first day on the boat, when we went out to the open sea, I couldn’t understand for a long time what this situation, which was so new to me, reminded me of. And then I realised that I was inside a painting. A painting from my childhood, from that very book. It was called ‘In the Blue Expanse’, and…

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Pavel Rotts (SASHAPASHA) 26.7.2024

Pavel Rotts (SASHAPASHA) 26.7.2024

Godzilla I was always afraid of water. Sometimes I have nightmares about drowning. In this repetitive dream, I’m trying to stay on the surface, floating on something not meant for water, such as a sledge. The sledge is drowning, and I see how it disappears in the darkness. I am afraid of sharks. This fear is absurd, as I fear them even in the lake or river. It is rather an abstract fear of something unknown and wild in the…

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