Författare: anna

  • Thank you Brussels!

    Thank you everyone who came to my performance ”Your Application is Pending”! It was great meeting all of you! Everyone who participated will be indexed in the ”Analog Database” and can expect a copy of their file before the end of the year. Thank you to the curators and co-performers Rut Karin Zettergren, Claire Serres,…

  • Stand up and Perform!

    Welcome to Stand Up and Perform! a performance evening at the Paulig Residence with Swedish, Belgian, British and French artists. LINE UP: Rut Karin Zettergren, Anna Sörenson, Claire Serres, Anna Kinbom, Tom Hallet, Sonia Hedstrand, Choterina Freer. Time: Saturday October 26, 6PM-10PM Place: Paulig Residence Avenue Jean Volders 16, 3d floor Brussels More info about the event: https://www.facebook.com/events/527642743986820/ Välkomna! Welkom!…

  • The Analog Database

    ”The Analog Database” is an artwork mirroring a personal file system. Based on the piece “Genuine Government Issue”, the performance called “Your Application is Pending” is constructed upon my experience of governmental involvement in border control situations. The audience is able to apply for my own made-up Departments, followed by an interview for approval. I…

  • The Playlist

    The text exists without being written. The text is a sound. ‘The Playlist’ is a series of fifteen watercolors with quotes from a personal playlist I was given which contained 15 different songs. I took a quote from each song and made a watercolor, set the font size and picked a color that related back…

  • New pieces of ’The Neverending Book’

    The ‘Neverending Book’ is an ongoing conceptual project started 2010. The format is a 24 x 24 cm square on a 40, 6 x 30,5 cm/16 x 12 inch watercolor paper. It is used as a way of exploring concepts of painting with water-based media, collage, notes and text. The project shows my process over…

  • Department of Porridge

    Based on the piece ‘Genuine Government Issue’ I constitutionalized my feeling of governmental involvement in a performance called ‘Your Application is Pending’. With my 20 new Departments I had the freedom to make myself the head, and I did – I am the head of all of them. I have continued to work with my…

  • Summer show at Recession Art, July 11th

    If you are in New York this summer stop by and take a look at this group show I am in. I will be showing two pieces from ”The Neverending Book” together with some talented artists!    COLOR WAR   July 11 – August 9 | 47 Bergen Street, Boreum Hill   Opening Reception July 11,…

  • Hello Wassaic!

    Greetings from Wassaic, New York! Spring has sprung and I am happy to be an artist in residence at Wassaic Project. I am settled in to my studio space in the Mill, a beautiful mill in the middle of this little town. I am working on some new projects, building on ’General Government Issue’ and…

  • Performance at Cigarrvägen 13

    ‘Your Application is Pending’ is a performance based on the piece ‘Genuine Government Issue’. With my new Departments I also had the freedom to make myself the head of all of them. During this performance piece the audience could come and meet me in my temporary office at Cigarrvägen 13 in Hökarängen, a project space…

  • ’Your Application is Pending’, a performance by Anna Sörenson at Cigarrvägen 13

    When I was in America last year I bought a hat. The hat had a label that read: “Genuine Government Issue, 100% wool watch cap.” Beneath the text the “Official Seal of the Department of Defense” was printed. Because I am not a US citizen, I often feel that the government is involved in my…