Swedish Rock Record

Product of a residency at Kultivera in Sweden through The Soap Factory. 

See the article in Make MN (below) about the project.

Sculpture: Runestone (as is)

A sculpture in dialogue with the iconic runestones of Sweden, which often hold long, run-on epitaphs, painstakingly carved into stone.

RUNESTONE (AS IS)

MAY THIS PAPER ST& / THE TEST OF RHYME / IN MEMORY OF A MONTH OF TIME / THAT'S SEEN BETTER DAYS / HERE IN TRÅNAS @ KULTIVERA / THIS MARKER RAISED / BY MOHEB OF BUTT FUCK, EGYPT, MINNESOTA / THAT IS A PHRASE / I BEG YOUR PARDON / THAT MEANS ABSOLUTELY F*ING NOWHERESVILLE IN THE US / FOR YOU IN SWEDEN / WHILE ATTACKING ARABS & GAYS / ANYWAYS, MOHEB / & THERE IS ONLY ONE, EQUAL TO NONE / BUT SLUGS & STICKY BUNS / SUCH HAS BEEN HIS TIME HERE / WONDERING ABOUT YOUR AUGUSTS & STUGAS / GOOGLED TO DEATH / YOUR STONE WALLS & RUNESTONES & "FREEDOM TO ROAM" / I / WANTED / TO HONOR / TAKE / A H&FUL OF STRANGERS / FOREIGNERS / TO YOUR L& & / CAMP A NIGHT, TWO / NOT DISTURB NOR DESTROY / TIP A COW BRING A DOG / BUT PICK PICK PICK / LUPIN LINGON KANTARELL / & RIDE A HORSE / AS AN AMERICAN / LIKE WE DO, IN WESTERNS / & HAVE A FIRE / PIECE OF PIE / JUST A H&FUL / WHERE'S MY H&FUL / OF TURKS, POLES, FINNS, SYRIANS / OR MY FELLOW AMERICANS / IF YOU'RE READING THIS / ON ANY SWEET SWEDE STORGATAN / THEN ALLAH ÄR STÖRRE / YOU'VE JOINED ME / IN A HEAVEN RESERVED / FOR NATURE / SOULLESS YET SUBLIME / WHERE ART COULD BE / AS EXTINCT AS PAGANS / EXCEPT FOR ME & MINE / FOR WHICH THIS ROCK WAS BEAT / BY SCISSORS / OUTDONE BY SHEETS OF PAPER TRUMPED BY BLOOD FROM STONE / UNLIKELY BUT / THE WORLD IS OUT OF ORDER / WATERLOGGED / BUGS / OVERHEATING / BUT IT'LL MAKE IT / WITHOUT US / MAKE DO / LIFE'S BEEN 1 QUIET / VACUUM FOR A WHILE / LOST SOME POWER / MISSING CONVERTER / BUT IT'S RARING TO GO / AS IS / 2) ROBOMOWER / TRACING CIRCLES / WORRYWART / OUT OF GRASS / EATING DIRT / NEEDS NEW HOME / FRONTIER, FRIEND / DOB UNKNOWN / $500 OBO / & IT'S RARING TO GO / 3) ROCK / AB&ONED / CRACKED / STAINED / SOME MOLD / LARGE GOOD FOR / GRAVESTONE / WILL DELIVER / TEXT ONLY / RIP M SOLIMAN