Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 13:32:02 +0200 (MET DST) X-Sender: bomad@mail.algonet.se To: a.t@it.kth.se From: bomad@algonet.se (Bo Madestrand) Subject: Leif Elggren!!! ...skickade denna text till mig fšr en vecka sedan. Men den fšrsvann i etern. Nu har jag fŒtt den igen. b ---- Jag tror inte pŒ kommunikation via konst. Konst Šr en sŒ fruktansvŠrt privat fšreteelse. Jag arbetar inte fšr att jag vill kommunicera (det tror jag gŠller fšr de flesta konstnŠrer), dŠremot Šr materialiseringen oftast en nšdvŠndighet fšr att sjŠlv fŒ syn pŒ det jag tŠnker, pŒ det som visar sej, ett sŠtt att strukturera och organisera. Det optimala konstverket Šr naturligtvis det som rullar innanfšr var och ens šgonlock, fšr att ansluta till det redan sagda. Pasolini frŒgade sej sjŠlv: Varfšr ska jag gšra mina konstverk nŠr jag kan dršmma dom? Att vara konstnŠr Šr ett enormt privilegium eftersom det in extenso innebŠr att vara mŠnniska i sin yttersta konsekvens, att till fullo bruka den resurs som vi alla Šr utrustade med: vŒra liv frŒn fšdelse till dšd, en begrŠnsad tid som ocksŒ lever vidare genom vŒra barn och de sociala betingelser vi existerar i. Allt annat Šr samhŠlleliga och ekonomiska eftergifter. NŠr jag hšr allt detta prat om mštesplatser pŒ NŠtet ryggar jag instinktivt tillbaka. Varfšr ska vi mštas dŠr? SjŠlv har jag alltid lidit av torgskrŠck och hatat varje form av officiella, formella mšten (konferenser, seminarier, etc.). I sŒdana sammanhang visar sej bara sŒ tydligt modellen šver den samhŠllsstruktur vi lever i. Viljan till makt och den brutala hackordning som kommer av att behŠrska spelreglerna och anpassa sej till den vedertagna befordringsgŒngens principer. Fšr švrigt kanske det Šr sŒ att den viktigaste offentliga konsten skapades i det Sovjetiska samhŠllet eller det Nazistiska; en monumental och storslagen kost som gav mŠnniskorna viktig nŠring fšr sin sjŠlvkŠnsla, som gav dem styrka och mod. Som Julia Caesar pŒ sin tid efter en fšrestŠllning i Tantolunden; publiken applŒderade entusiastiskt, Julia tackade och gick ut, folket ŒpplŒderade, Julia kom in igen och tackade, applŒderna ville liksom inte ta slut och Julia kommer in en tredje gŒng och ryter irriterat: Har ni inget hem mŠnniskor? Ska ni stŒ hŠr? Ge sej ivŠg nu! SjŠlv mŒste jag nu ocksŒ Šgna mej Œt vardagens bestyr, imorron Œker jag till London och sŠtter pŒ drottning Elizabeth (se informativ text nedan). Royal Fertilization: In the course of this century the monarchies of the world have gradually ceased to be politically significant. In earlier times, the royal houses were natural centres of power and influence, dividing up the world between them; claiming legitimacy by invoking their divine right to rule; the hierarchical structure with the king as almighty sovereign. An ancient social order that manifests a model of the human psyche's most fundamental structure: the image of the Father. Accordingly, the king has always been the best loved and most hated of men; the figure and symbol that the royal subjects have put their faith in or aimed their dissatisfaction at; the central projection that has made the world comprehensible and possible to live in. The royal houses have also offered the norm for how people have wished to form their lives: families, individual ideals and so on. With the spread of Marxism and the self-evident understanding of the equal value of everyone in life and on earth, the royal representation and symbolism lost some of its importance. The individual gained an ideological possibility of living in equality, of understanding his own importance and his right to an independent life. With the bankruptcy of political and hierarchical socialism at the end of the century, a sense of incapacity and severe distress at the prospect of the future has returned. The functional icon of the king is revived and comes to represent a secure contrast to our inner confusion. The ancient royal households see their opportunity and prepare to act. Antagonisms increase. In 1992 we proclaimed the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland, a youthful union and nation that extends over the whole of our planet, bordering all existing nations. A wholly unique position in which, for the first time in the history of the world, we have a real opportunity of developing a worldwide, boundless society. And in which we see every individual as king or queen over their own lives. With this ambition we see that an important step in realizing our plan lies in injecting new life into the old royal dynasties. To bridge the crevices and let the old royal families unite in a neutralizing affinity. We hereby invite all nationally legitimate queens throughout the world, young and old, to come to London between October 9 and November 9, 1996. Empowered by the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland we wish to fertilize the world's queens and, therewith, all the royal houses, bridge all potential conflicts and create a better future for us all. Leif Elggren