State of Mind - Prologue

State of Mind - Prologue
White Nights in St Petersburg, a city of expectations and possibilities. A woman is reflecting on her everyday life. The story is based on a year long e-mail conversation with a couple in St Petersburg. From this a short story was written by the artists, then translated by one of the women and read by the other. As the couple did not want to show their faces the entire footage is one single shot of The Palace Bridge 4 am in the morning as the bridge is open to allow the cargo ships to pass. Under the span of the bridge the Russian flag is seen in the distance. The colors are faded it looks black on the pink sky. The void of people creates a tention to the image, used to seeing the bridge it is always dressed in light and thousands of people are celebrating.

Exhibited:
::: ROSPHOTO, St Petersburg, Russia Sept-Nov 2008
::: Inside Out - Open air exhibition, European Championship of Athletics, August 2006
::: Stockholm Pride, Open air exhibition, Stockholm Pride August 2006
::: Vårsalongen/Springsaloon, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, 27 January – 18 March 2007
::: General Swedish Consulate, reception, November 2006

Historic Flashback:
::: In the summer of 2006 a G8 summit was held in St Petersburg.
::: Russia held the presidency chair at the assembled European Council.
::: The pressure was directed towards Russia to enforce the country to follow the Charter of Fundamental Rights.

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Collaboration Annica Karlsson Rixon & Anna Viola Hallberg