Multichannel sound installation and guided walk
By Elisabeth Brun, performed in collaboration with urban developer Anna Maria Hellner

Description:
Hur knäcker knäckepilen / The Crackle invites participants into the world of trees - specifically the subtle lives of the Crack Willows of Lövholmen in Stockholm. Along the post-industrial waterfront, these crooked old trees grow where the riverbank meets the city, their root systems holding the soil together and preventing erosion. Their dry, brittle wood gives them their name: the “crack” of branches breaking off, drifting downstream, and taking root elsewhere.

As curator Jasmine Hinks describes:

“With an artistic process that draws attention to the relations between human and environment — and inviting us to be attentive to how we move through space, pause, observe and listen - Elisabeth Brun combines tools of documentary filmmaking and field recording, using contact microphones to gather narratives of living beings beyond the human.”

The guided walk begins at Liljeholmsbron Square, lasts around 40 minutes, and ends at Färgfabriken. It was first performed in June 2023 and has since evolved into the  video installation The Crackle (in progress).

Above photo credit: Jonas Dahlberg and Wilhelm Christensen. Below: Elisabeth Brun