Alva Roselius is an artist and scenographer working with language and spatiality. Informed by architecture and theater and inspired by phenomenology, queer theory and political movements, her works revolve around power, desire and normality.
They circle around an ambivalent longing for alternatives, resistance and closeness. But also a longing for respite, to not have to resist. Alva is educated at Konstfack in Stockholm and UMPRUM in Prague. Besides her artistic practice she writes for Flamman and Arbetaren.
next time you fail
fail for real
you don’t have to please us
I’ll give you a reason to not believe
don’t go to work
you have the strength to reject
we’re not asking for forgiveness
we don’t want respect
next time you fake
fake hard
who created realness
who was the model
who is in charge
don’t pay your rent
there are so many things to defy
we are born losers
their rules don’t apply
next time you steal
do it with style
you know abuse of power
comes as no surprise
if you look close
all you want it’s for sale
you can choose to buy it
or decide to fail
I’ll give you a reason
to refuse
we are born losers
and losers got nothing to lose