Anna Linderstam creates silent dramas. In constructed environments performative action is condensed into emotionally charged scenarios within photography and video. The work aims to capture the elusive process of "becoming" whilst simultaneously highlighting the subject's act of "giving oneself over" to the photographic gaze. -http://www.christianlarsen.se/artists/anna-linderstam/
To me these photos are a combination of performance and documentation, as said in the quote above, she creates silent dramas which have been photographed in environments that look like stages. The photos have been taken when the subject have been standing up for too long, at the time when they can not longer stand. I find this to be very painful visually, the second photo I find quite disturbing and uncomfortable as it feels that the woman is almost becoming hysterical and that is not something I really want to see when I am helpless and can do nothing to help her.
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