I was commissioned to work within the TouWorks project as part of Stavanger City of Culture 2008. The work was to respond to a street which was locally stigmatised and referred to as 'the road to hell.' A 10 day residency resulted in me working closely with 4 women whom I met organically during my stay. I devised 2 performative actions which responded to the time spent with the local woman and also to a series of sexual assaults which occurred during my stay. Drawing on my training as a former life guard, I spent 1 day 'guarding the street' and the evening floating in the nearby outdoor pool. Therefore I was both the saver and the saved.
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