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JA as long as I can 2012/2013
500 copies, signed and numbered
LP, recorded 2012, in cooperation with John Giorno

In this edition by A K Dolven, a white vinyl record is the sound medium for a 22-minute language piece that can be performed as a sound installation using a record player and loudspeakers. This often took place in a cinema or a theater. »JA as long as I can« is a language duet between the Norwegian artist and the American poet and performance artist John Giorno (1936-2019). A K Dolven and Giorno first met in the summer of 2011 on the Lofoten Islands in Norway and spontaneously arranged to produce the spoken piece together in New York the following year. Without prior rehearsals, the two took turns varying the word »yes« for as long as they could breathe. Each side acted in its own emotional and rhythmic dynamic. In the alternation of the material qualities of the female and male voice, the sound reflects the psychological and physical processes that arose between performer and performer during the production. The record sleeve shows two photographs taken by A K Dolven above her house in Kvalnes on the Lofoten Islands.