Here I sing A Donna Summer song by a waterfall in a forest. Produced 1999-2000.
Here I sing an Aretha Franklin song on a field. Produced 1999-2001
I make music videos where I sing and act myself.
There´s no music only my voice. I think it´s exciting to see
how they turn out when I do them myself. I try to do them as well excecuted
as possible. The biggest difference between my videos and professional
videos is that I alone have the controle. I am myself the editor, coreografer,
stylist, dubber, singer, sound and visual technician... At the same time
I am the star!
The four pictures are stills from a serie of music videos that are
3-7 minutes long, produced from 1998 - 2001.
Concept
The Vardagsstjärnan project is a picture of a culture. Vardagsstjärnan is a figure that corresponds to the starcult - the wish to have the
confirmation that the famous star´s have.
I have since 1998 worked with Vardagsstjärnan in the form of Music videos and performance. I see my project as a critical exploration of the fenomenon music industry and entertainment business and the dreams that are created to for example become a star. I also see my work as a playfull game with the same phenomenon where I become as involved as those who are dreaming.
There is an exciting developement doing the videos. They have a self
delivering tendency. I work hard with the "craft to bee a star".
I don´t show my distance. It seems embarrassing but it is actually
made with love (because I don´t joke on others costs). The whole
project is enthusiastic: Yes! Yes! Yes! We may! We may! At the same time
there is a more tragic picture of the lonely narcissist.
(English translation of the swedish title Vardagsstjärnan is difficult. Everyday star or Workingday star is maybee the closest but it´s still not the same.)
Here I sing a Joni Mitchell song in a desert. Produced 1999.
Here I sing a Tina Turner song in an old metall workshop. Produced 1998.