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.
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+ 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.