Rondebosch Boys School, Cape Town, South Africa
March 8, 2005 (25 min)
On March 8, 2005 Karoline H. Larsen was invited to do a 1,5 km Collective Strings action at Rondebosch Boys School in Cape Town. Rondebosch Boys School was chosen since it represents the remains of an old social order, educating only white boys – in white uniforms. Directed by the art teacher (also being an artist) the boys were coupled up two and two, spread out in the yard with one roll of strings pr. couple. Until a certain point where the inevitable effects of crossing strings across the yard would break the coupling up, the boys were left to their own individual movements depending on the strings´attachments. After the Collective Strings action the pupils would meet in the classroom and elaborate.
“So basically what you do is, you change the space, and because of change, you make people think in another direction”
”It reminds me of when we were kids and did games with no objectives, no winner, it’s production in another process way”
”You have to consider your own position in relation to others, cause of the strings”
”The strings are prolongations of your body movements, and make exchanges and past actions visible”
”It is pure construction. No abilities, but creativity. No destruction, no kill, no destroy at all”
