My degree project consists of The Haven, a single-channel video (19.25 min) and So nothing had really changed, a prose text which is also my master essay. They are two stand-alone works, but with a strong connection in that the text refers to the film.
The film tells the story of an undefined we and their everyday existence. It takes place in the communal laundry house - or tvättstugan, typical to Swedish housing complexes - where they spend time to meet their physical needs, as well as to live in an illusion for a couple of hours and be part of a bigger we.
The text tells the story of a woman enrolled in an art university, working on her projects while trying to adapt to life as an art student, when a shattering incident in her private life starts a process dealing with loss, shame, feelings of guilt and questions about identity. A new film script is slowly coming to life, but she is struggling within herself; not wanting to do it, and at the same time, not being able to stop it.