ACTING PHYSICS

POETRY

A book of glass as a wall around the sculpture,
the langauge is brittle and beatiful,
an hindrance and simultaneously a means of understanding what we see

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Maria Küchen foto Anna Svensson Born in 1961 and live in Stockholm. She has published about ten books, non-fiction, fiction and poetry. . She also works as a critic and essayist. As a poet she works in between art and science. Her latest book of poetry On elements came in the autumn of 1998. At the same time the installation MUON, were the poem Muon Song is included, opened. The poem Muon Song mixes Swedish and English in the book as well as on the glass wall around the sculpture. MUON SONG ingenting mer än medium a medium alone :: my heart is open and naked, exploring space, no space explores me mitt hjärta står öppet mot rymden rymden avsöker mig dem dig you them us oss NOW rymdens tunga elementa heavy elements of space sönderdelas till varelser och små vågor split into beings and small waves stars into starry eyes stjärnor till stjärnögon foto Yngve Fransson here we are här är vi genomskjutna gunned through over and over gång på gång söndrade genomskjutna split gång på gång levande alive recreated life omskapade liv är ordnad energi is structured energy Vi är We are not static. Inte statiska. Vårt kött är rörelse. Our flesh is motion. we change / vi ändras En elementarpartikel träffar arvsmassan. Nu. Var i rörelsen vi och allt är finns snittet mellan rum och tid? Finns snittet mellan rum och tid? An elementary particle hits the genetic make-up. Now. Where, in the motion we are and everything is, is there a section between space and time? Is there a section between space and time? we change / vi ändras Tankar slår spår i språkets medium, det osynligas spår i det vi ser, i det vi är: Ord. Myoner slår spår i rummets medium, det osynligas spår i det vi ser, i det vi är: Kött. Ljus. Thoughts leave traces in the medium of language traces of the invisible in what we see, in what we are: Words. Muons leave traces in the medium of space, traces of the invisible in what we see, in what we are: Light. trasiga, rörliga spår torn, active traces we change / vi ändras Vi är här på rymdens villkor Detta är ett tillstånd Det är ingen värld man lämnar We are sanctioned by space This is our condition This is not a world you leave