Vappu Jalonen

Good Life

Sound and speech performance, part of the exhibition SamArtBete / CollArtBoration, curated by Galleri Syster, GlogauAIR, Berlin, 2018

 

It's 2015, it's summer, I'm doing a five-month artist residency in Brandenburg. Right before it, things were not going well. I was sitting on the bed watching a TV series with a tight almost ache in my chest and head, taking liquid valerian, and thinking I need to stop doing all these things without pay, or for a very small fee. I need to stop paying rent for gallery spaces. I need to stop stressing out all the time. I need to stop competing against my friends.

Text: vappujalonen.wordpress.com/good-life