{"id":2195,"date":"2013-03-21T18:41:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annasorenson.se\/?page_id=2195"},"modified":"2016-12-16T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T14:39:53","slug":"your-application-is-pending","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/annasorenson.se\/?page_id=2195","title":{"rendered":"Your Application is Pending- Sweden, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anna_Sorenson_Your<\/a><\/p>\n

Based on the piece \u2018Genuine Government Issue\u2019 I constitutionalized my feeling of governmental involvement in a performance called \u2018Your Application is Pending\u2019. With my 20 new Departments I had the freedom to make myself the head, and I did \u2013 I was head of all of them. During this performance the audience were invited to my temporary office at Cigarrv\u00e4gen 13<\/a> in H\u00f6kar\u00e4ngen, an independent venue in a suburb of Stockholm. The audience was then able to apply to any of the 20 new Departments followed by an interview for approval. I interviewed them one by one. After the questioning I approved or denied their applications. The application forms could be found on set as well as the wall of Departments. In \u2018Your Application is Pending\u2019 I took on the role as the head of my own departments, dressed in a suit. With a custom made rubber stamp I investigated the absurdity of a questioning. I explored the role as the one holding the power but I also invited the audience to play with me and laugh at the sometimes-absurd authority of department power.<\/p>\n

Departments to apply to:<\/p>\n

1. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Defense no.1<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Defense no.2<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Defense no.3<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Wool<\/p>\n

5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Love<\/p>\n

6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Despair<\/p>\n

7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Horror<\/p>\n

8. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Romantic Fools<\/p>\n

9. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Desire<\/p>\n

10. \u00a0Department of Good Old Friends<\/p>\n

11. \u00a0Department of Poets<\/p>\n

12. \u00a0Department of Candy and Clowns<\/p>\n

13. \u00a0Department of Ambiguity<\/p>\n

14. \u00a0Department of Porridge<\/p>\n

15. \u00a0Department of Deadlines<\/p>\n

16. \u00a0Department of Disappointments<\/p>\n

17. \u00a0Department of Naps<\/p>\n

18. \u00a0Department of Cigarettes and Beer<\/p>\n

19. \u00a0Department of Loneliness<\/p>\n

20. \u00a0Department of Bad TV<\/p>\n