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Anna Berndtson

Bio

Anna Berndtson is a Swedish artist who works primarily in Long Duration Performance Art. Long Duration Performance Art involves the artist and audience being in the same space at the same time over a long period of time. Long Duration Performance Art can last hour, days, weeks, months, or years. Berndtson is represented by the Marina Abramovic Institute,  Galerie Kunstkample, and Disability Arts International. In addition to her solo work, Anna Berndtson frequently collaborates with Irina Runge as the duo TBL (TallBlondLadies).

(All information from Anna Berndtson's website)

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Video Description

A woman in a long blue dress stomps her feet while standing in a metal bucket filled with thick, white liquid. The bottom of her dress is covered in splashes of this white liquid. As she stomps, one can hear the sound of her feet breaking the surface of the liquid. She sits at the side of the tub and churns the substance with her hands. Again, she stands and stomps. Her dress is even more covered in the substance, as are her arms from the elbows to the finger tips. Her footsteps make less noise in the liquid as it has thickened. The woman gets on her hands and knees and churns the butter with her arms. At one point she pauses in this position to catch her breath. Eventually the woman wraps the thick substance in the skirt of her dress and wrings the liquid out. She drops the skirt and reveals a round ball of butter. For the last 15 seconds of the video, the woman stands still, holding the butter as if she is cradling a baby.

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