A! - Victoria Björk - Perform Your Attention

Perform Your Attention is a performance that explores attention as an active and formative force within the shared space of performer and audience. The work shifts the boundaries between preparation and performance, allowing everyday actions to become part of the work itself.

The performer gradually transforms the space: she moves furniture and objects, tidies up, boils water, and prepares coffee, which she offers to the participants. She continues to work with the space by marking areas on the floor, spraying water into the air, lighting incense, and altering the lighting, temperature, and airflow. Through these simple interventions, the space remains in a constant state of change without settling into a final form.

A guided text is woven into these actions, inviting participants to direct their attention both inward and towards their surroundings. What emerges is a temporary state in which the boundaries between the material, perception, and imagination become blurred, and attention takes form through the shared experience of those present.

At the end, the space is cleared and returned to its previous state with everyone taking part. In this way, the work dissolves back into the everyday life from which it emerged.