THE SOCIETY IS A FICTIOUS DOCUMENTARY, TROUGH WHICH I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND/OR CONSTRUCTING ENVIRONMENTS, SCENES AND EVENTS THAT ARE BASED ON MEMORIES FROM THE SMALL SOCIETY WHERE I GREW UP.
I SEE THE WORK AS A PUZZLE OF PICTURES THAT DEALS WITH THE BORDERS BETWEEN THE DOCUMENTARY AND THE STAGED, THE REAL AND THE UNREAL AND THE PAST AND THE PRESENT.
THE TITLE OF THE WORK IS INSPIRED FROM AN ACTUAL PLACE. THIS PLACE HAS GOT A NAME, BUT IT IS SIMPLY CALLED "THE SOCIETY". I FOUND THE AMBIGUOSNESS OF THE WORD SOCIETY INTERESSTING. IT REFERS TO A CONTEXT OF WORLD POLITICS AND STATES THAT SHUT IN AND OUT CITIZENS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY ARE THOUGHT TO BELONG. AT THE SAME TIME AS IT REFERS TO THIS SMALL COMMUNITY WHICH BASICALLY DOES THE SAME THING WITH IT´S INHABITANTS, BUT IN A MINOR SCALE.
IN THE SOCIETY I AM TELLING STORIES ABOUT GROWING UP IN A RURAL AREA THAT SLOWLY BECOMES ABANDONED. A TRANSITIONAL PLACE IS CREATED BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT WAY OF HOW THE SOCIETY FUNCTIONS AND BETWEEN THE PAST AND THE PRESENT WAY ONES MEMORY FUNCTION.