TIMING IS DIVINE

Performance Description

TIMING IS DIVINE = A DRUMMING ritual, a performance of LOUDNESS, RHYTHM and DRIVE. Inspired by sexy stars = rock stars / celestial deities - this 35min drum / vocal solo recites the gnostic poem “The Thunder, Perfect Mind” (2nd century AD), as well as cheesy love songs and Swedish folk music. By playing with the themes of numerology, holy patterns, chaos / order - the aim is to trigger physical sensation, possibly invoking a hypnotic state in the audience. Sprung from the desire to tell another story, which ultimately may not be heard on top of the ambient chaos - but rather felt. Shit is complicated. Let this be an exorcism.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY


___2025___

21/11/25 London @ Ormside Projects (revised, club version)

26/9/25 London @ Wimbledon College of Arts

13/9/25 Martinkovice @ Hoprich during Festival of Memory

12/7/25 Harplinge, Sweden @ Harp Art Lab during "BZZZ! sound art festival"

28/6/25 Älvsbacka, Sweden @ Hybrida Festival

30/5/25 London @ Newington Green Meeting House

10/3/25 New York City @ Artists Space

1/2/25 Göteborg @ Oceanen during Falabella GLÖD x Dômen konstskola


___2024___

7/12/24 Göteborg @ Röda Sten Konsthall during Longest Night Festival

30/10/24 Halmstad @ Dramalogen during Klubb Klars

26/10/24 Gerlesborg @ Gerlesborgsskolan

15/9/24 London, UK @ Queensrollahouse during London Design Week

28/6/24 Ruthin, Wales @ Ruthin Castle (during Ruthin International Arts Festival)

5/4/24 Berlin @ 90mil (during "Das Zwischen" event)

2/2/24 Düsseldorf @ the pool

28/1/24 Amsterdam @ WIHH gallery

27/1/24 Nijmegen @ Extrapool

26/1/24 Rotterdam @ varia / extratonal

25/1/24 Strasbourg @ Bastion XIV

24/1/24 Zürich @ Kulturhaus Helferei

21/1/24 Koper @ Skladišče Libertas

19/1/24 Buje @ Open University Buje

17/1/24 Celje @ Špitalska Kapela

16/1/24 Graz @ Kunst Klub Kräftner

13/1/24 Leipzig @ galerie intershop

12/1/24 Dresden @ Zentralwerk

11/1/24 Chemnitz @ Lesecafé Odradek

10/1/24 Leipzig + LIVESTREAM @ Hitness Club

8/1/24 Berlin @ 90mil

6/1/24 Copenhagen @ Ladder Space


___2023___

14/08/23 Ljubljana @ Cirkulacija²

29/06/23 Berlin @ Arkaoda

16/06/23 Trollhättan, Sweden @ Konsthallen i Trollhättan

30/04/23 Graz @ Antoniuskirche, for the opening of Café Witch

13/02/23 Gothenburg @ Atalante, during Destination Atalante

07/01/23 Gothenburg, @ Bergrummet at Konstepidemin, during 13festivalen


___2022___

3/12/22 London @ Siobhan Davies Studios, during International Festival of Learning

26/11/22 Gothenburg @ Bergsjöskolan, Gothenburg Fringe Winter Showcase

1/9/22 Gothenburg @ Bubblan

30/6/22 & 2/7/22 London @ Goldsmiths University, MA Performance Making festival

full performance video can be shared if requested

TESTIMONIALS available on request

Goldsmiths University in London
July 2nd 2022
Video still by Lizet Chavez Prado

The Pool in Düsseldorf, 2.2.24. Photos by Heinke Haberland

report from Slovenian TV 'MEGAFON' (starting at 4.08min)
about the show at Skladišče Libertas in Koper, Slovenia, 21.01.24

Ft.

+ This performance features an excerpt of the poem ‘The Thunder, Perfect Mind’ (approx. 1 century B.C. - 1 century A.D) discovered inside a clay jar in the Egyptian desert in 1945, along with 51 other Gnostic manuscripts – texts once thought to have been entirely destroyed during the early Christian struggle to define "orthodoxy". The discovery and translation of the ‘Nag Hammadi Library’ has provided impetus to a major re-evaluation of early Christian history and the nature of Gnosticism, questioning how patriarchal early Christianity may, or may not, have been.


+ Elvis Presley, Can’t Help Falling in Love with You


+ Uti Vår Hage (Out in our Meadow), Swedish folk song, age unknown. There are speculations whether the flowers, plants and berries mentioned in the lyrics might in fact comprise a recipe for an abortion potion.

Video still by Lizet Chavez Prado

Skladišče Libertas in Koper, Slovenia, 21.01.2024. Photo by Francisco Tomsich.

See TV feature below

TIMING IS DIVINE 2024 tour poster