Helga Härenstam & Anna Strand: The Exposed Eye #1

Dear Reader,

During a breezy sea vacation, we entered into an agreement that over the next year, we would embark on a shared game. The game was to give each other assignments that were formulated: “Do something about…” The ellipses were to be replaced with something one of us thought the other should take on. The assignment, once completed, contained the seed for the next one, and it would continue in this vein until it somehow came to and end.

We started with a man who was called Raftworks Abrahamsson and moved around after that in realities and escapisms, among children, X-rays, deserted houses, archives, sorrows, photo labs, sadists, harbor towns, slaughterhouses, amusement parks, dreams, coffins, and cyclopes. We impacted life and were impacted by life. We traveled to Vindeln, to Paris, to Helsinki, and in time. We mixed together and were mixed together.

The result of those completed assignments is what you now hold in your hand.

Warmest regards,
Anna Strand & Helga Härenstam