In the city of Trondheim, between the highway and the sea, there is this 3-storey wooden tower with a staircase to its top.
Sjobadet bathers like strong emotions, experiencing at the city limits with the limits of their own bodies.
Bathing in cold water, crashing their skeletons from very high or sunbathing their whole bodies.
These practices have become a tradition, several generations spending their time in the vicinity of this tower.
Sjobadet bathers have come to develop a sophisticated alphabet of gestures and signs, only revealed to a few.
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JORDI COLOMER
The Sjøbadet Alphabeth
2014
Video, Master HD CAM
12”loop, sound (Stereo)
People jumping: Arnaud Allard, Henrique Barbosa, Thomas Bohrer, Alexandre Boivin, Leonardo De Luca, Joaquim Fernández, Alexander Findeisen , Asbjørn Hammervik Flø , Randi Hoel, Letizia Jaccheri, Letizia Jaccheri, Max Kleinebrahm, Julia Kòckritz, Gustav Henning Lindeberg, Anna Marco, Poisse Mikel, Liv Muth, Hermione Nemec, Jairo Rúa Pazos, Sergio Sánchez, Eva Slaninová, Alessio Spada, Jana Standaert, Friedel Stutte, Henry Audrey, Bayhinov, Maxime Chaubert, Sarah Chevenet, Jorge De la Torre, Alejandro De la Vega, Torgeir Granskogen , Axel Hurard, Leonardo López, Valentina Lucconi, Maximilian Malin, Ricardo Martínez, Kyle McElroy, Carles Palou, Julianne Pieper, Angela Prados, Marco Radavelli, Tormod Rognes, Emilie Rye, Sergio Sánchez, Siloè Sanchez, Inga Skalnes, Tiscar, Judit Tomás, Alessandro Trapas, Claire Velicitat, Florian Venet, Ralph Voortman, Lea Wenzel, Mathieu Zizudz.
Group at the platform : Eli Kristine Allen, Cira Alvárez, Mons Badia, Pauline Bergeonneau, Claire Borel, Melody Chua, Ignacio De Prada, Diana Espinosa, Christina Gleich, Fernando Hernández, Martin Jakubek, Zdeñka Kohoutkova, Koen Kwahhenbos, Catto Lucchino, Ruben Lundström, Bost Matheu, Trygve Ohren, Luis Pérez, Adam Pondany, Clèment Postec, Berit Rusten, Rune Samdahl, Sergio Sánchez, Carolina SF, Kaleot Silvestri.
Director of Photography: Marcell Erdélyi,
Camera Operator: Dorian Degoutte,
Camera Assistant: Øystein Rambjør Holten, Tobias Liljedahl
Sound: Andreas Gutuen Aaser
Props: Charlotte Rostad
Catering: Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Karoline Sætre
Production: Charlotte Rostad, Trygve Ohren, Carolina Olivares
Video editor and post-production (sound and vídeo): Jordi Colomer, Dorian Degoutte
Aknowledgments: Sjøbadet, Trondheim (Norway), KORO, Arts Council, (Norway), EEA Grants
Produced by: RAKE Visningsrom, Trondheim Kommun y CO producciones