Wednesday, May 25. 2011
Swedish Newspapers Report on Lina Issa’s Happening in Kiruna
Lina Issa’s upcoming Happening taking place in Kiruna this September has already gained some Swedish media response: The regional newspapers Norrbottens-Kuriren and NSD have reported on her art work taking place along the city’s crack-line. Issa’s Happening, which will be performed with the help of about 800 people living in Kiruna, takes the form of a community tug-of-rope. The artist will gather people in the “sprickzon”, the part of the city where the crack becomes visible, where they will face an area that will no longer exist in the future of Kiruna. Issa aims to make room for a discussion about memories as well as the future of the city through this Happening. As can be read in the articles, she wants the inhabitants of Kiruna to get the chance to participate in the city’s changes and movement.
Draggkamp | Tug of War Happening On the 8th of September 2011 at 17:00, 250 inhabitants of Kiruna created a red rope spanning the 3 kilometers estimated as the ‘crack line’ that will occur in 2012 caused by the Iron mine’s proximity to the cit
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