Svenska för er
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20 years old my grandmother Reetta Aulikki (Haapamäkki) Romberg (1931 - 2018) came to Stockholm. A farmer girl from the Finnish rural area who found a job as a factory worker at Marabou Chocolate AB. When she passed away we helped out to sort through her remains. Affected by war and careful upbringing, throwing away things were never part of her world picture and many of the proofs of her existence were stored in boxes of all sorts, often chocolate ones given that also my grandfather worked in the same business as a truck driver for another brand. This piece links to my interest in human traces and how to tell stories about ourselves and others via personal archives.
Image Slide 07:17 min (loop)
2020
20 years old my grandmother Reetta Aulikki (Haapamäkki) Romberg (1931 - 2018) came to Stockholm. A farmer girl from the Finnish rural area who found a job as a factory worker at Marabou Chocolate AB. When she passed away we helped out to sort through her remains. Affected by war and careful upbringing, throwing away things were never part of her world picture and many of the proofs of her existence were stored in boxes of all sorts, often chocolate ones given that also my grandfather worked in the same business as a truck driver for another brand. This piece links to my interest in human traces and how to tell stories about ourselves and others via personal archives.
In this version I scanned 86 pictures and objects while letting the surface get exposed to different amounts of light from the outside.
The title (Swedish For You) refers to her swedish-finnish dictionary by Swedish Radio from 1955.
