'ice-hole swimming'
The very first day of the year.
Lots of work drilling, cutting and sawing through the thick ice.
A hot sauna steams.
Quick plunges into the sea.
I loose breath.
It’s more than 80 degrees Celsius difference between the sauna and the water.
Afterwards, energy and warmth.
Ready for a new year!
Came to think of one of my favourite video works by the Estonian artists Jaan Toomik, Father and Son (1998). He is skating naked on the sea towards us, circles around us and finally disappears far away like it didn’t happen. Like a poetic revelation, but also about endurance.
His skating is accompanied by his young son singing a hymn in a clear and frail voice.
A few minutes which feels like forever.
Soon, I’ll be meeting all partners in Art Line on the same Baltic Sea. Countries in a distance embracing the cold sea.
Ice-hole swimming at Strömshall. Photo Siri Ekstrand
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