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Aase Berg

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Tabula rasa –

Tabula rasa –
the set table

razed under
its own weight

Tabula rasa –

Tabula rasa –
de gedekte tafel

in elkaar gezakt onder
haar eigen gewicht

Tabula rasa –
dukade bordet

som krossats under
sin egen tyngd

From: Hackers
Publisher: Bonnier, Stockholm

Aase Berg

(Sweden, 1967)

Aase Berg grew up in the suburb of Tensta outside of Stockholm. In the mid eighties, she was recruited into the radical group the Stockholm Surrealists, which she participated in for many years, and which in many ways shaped her aesthetics.

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Tabula rasa –

Tabula rasa –
the set table

razed under
its own weight

From: Hackers

Tabula rasa –

Tabula rasa –
the set table

razed under
its own weight

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Aase Berg

Tabula rasa –

Tabula rasa –

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It is a horse and it says No.

BIRTH RUBBER

battlefield molossoids

She knows

BLUBBER BITER –

I want to be a bird

IN REACTOR

She strikes back:

This is a threat:

My little girl steps into a room, any room,

Tabula rasa –

Tabula rasa –

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