Strand Straße
Public Performance
2021
Kayla Elrod
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My address is Landsberger Allee 89.
I live beside 6 lanes of traffic, 2 tram lines, a few sidewalks, a parking lot, and 2 bike lanes.
I am constantly reimagining my environment to inspire positive associations, else I loose my mind.
My nerve. My ability to act.
Tricking myself into sanity.
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I imagine that outside my apartment lives the ocean, turning the traffic into crashing waves, replenishing my tolerance to live here now.
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My exercise in imagination recontextualizes my relationship with an unpleasant environment, in hopes to be more productive, more at peace, more fun.
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Holding two shells over my ears, I walk in a bathing suit up and down Landsberger Allee. I turn the traffic into the ocean, lay down some sand, and enjoy the beach.
The public performance resulted in a series of photographs courtesy of Aleksander Filipiak and a short film shot by Lottie Sebes and edited by Kayla Elrod.
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