Jenny Berntsson and Felice Hapetzeder are two artists working together at Local A. In Local A., projects are usually produced through workshops attended by many people. In these workshops, the participants take part in the artwork production process, and then the artists become partners in this process. Local A. defines this process as research workshops.

In this new project, Local A. aims to make the research workshops themselves a work of art in order to take the workshop method one step further. The term “performance” was used as an expression to underline creativity. The workshop process, which took place in different places, was recorded to be used in installations. In the “Question”, the participants were trained to create self-portraits out of clay, and this process was also recorded.

Self-portraits made by the participants, who emerged in this way, can play a role in the communication of individuals or leave a mark in the society. At the end of the performance, the participants dismantled their portraits again, in reference to the creative process of the whole, which included destructive elements.
Also as a part of the performance; Participants ask a question and a written response is expected. The questions asked are asked by the previous performance participants, and new questions are forwarded to the next performance participants. In the “question” project, which was previously organized only as a performance, this will be the first show in exhibition format.

The “Question” laspis project area was carried out and documented in Stockholm, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, Jerusalem and Hofit beach in Israel. “Question” will be shown on video at Gavle Konsthall in Spring 2015. In the exhibition to be held with PASAJ, these texts have been adapted to the work by the artist and writer Camilla Ericson anonymously and in a way that feeds the presentation of the work.

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The artists Jenny Berntsson and Felice Hapetzeder work together as artist group Local A.Through Local A. they mostly work with art projects involving groups of people in workshops. In these workshops, participants are part of the original creation of artworks, which the artists then continue to elaborate. Local A. calls this process Workshop as Research. In the new project, (the question), Local A. aimed to take the method of Workshop as Research a step further and let the workshops themselves become works of art. The term performance was used to enhance the state of creativity, which was orchestrated. The whole process, performed in different locations, was also filmed to be used in an installation, also containing other elements from the performances.The participants in (the question) are instructed to create self-portraits in clay. This process and the whole setting were filmed. The emerging self-portraits in the public could be seen as a way of displaying the individual's connection or footprint on society. At the end of the performance participants dismantled the portraits again – a reference to the creative process on the whole, which also contains destructive elements. The performance also has another part, in which the participants are asked to answer one question and pose another in writing. The questions asked are from participants in previous performances and new questions are forwarded to the participants of the next performance. This will be the first show in the exhibition format for (the question), which has previously been played as a performance.
(the question) has been performed and documented at Iaspis Project Space Stockholm, Gävle Konstcentrum in Gävle, the public space in Stockholm, in Jerusalem and at the beach of Hofit in Israel. (the question) will be screened as video work at Gävle Konsthall in spring of 2015.

For the exhibition with PASAJ these texts are used anonymously and fed into the presentation of the work by adaptation by artist and writer Camilla Ericson.

www.local-a.org

www.hapetzeder.com

www.jennyberntsson.com