Surface Tension_Copenhagen

Her fingers pause in mid-air”¦
No space ever vanishes utterly, leaving no trace.

Hendes fingre, ubeví¦gelige i luften”¦
Intet rum forsvinder helt uden at efterlade sig spor.

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He loves this feeling of slowing down
In space, what came earlier continues to underpin what follows.

Han elsker fí¸lelsen af at sí¦tte tempoet ned.
Hvad der tidligere var i rummet, understí¸tter det som kommer efter.

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Oblivious to the cars, he sits before a secret horizon
Knowledge falls into a trap when it makes representations of space the basis for the study of life…

Han glemmer bilerne, mens han sidder foran en hemmelig horisont.
Kundskaben falder i en fí¦lde ní¥r den lader reprí¦sentationer af rum udgí¸re grundlaget for en undersí¸gelse af livet”¦

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Sitting, they hold hands, a dog plays at their feet
The building effects a brutal condensation of social relationships.

De sidder og holder hinandens hí¦nder, en hund leger ved deres fí¸dder.
Bygningen forí¥rsager en brutal kondensering af sociale relationer.

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Are you bothered by the smoke? he asked
Space is listened for, as much as seen, and heard before it comes into view.

Generer rí¸gen dig? spurgte han
Pladsen er lyttet til, lige som det er set, og hí¸rt inden du kan se det.

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She crawls into his lap while he watches the birds on the water
Indeed the fleshy body is already in revolt.

Hun kryber op pí¥ hans skí¸d, mens han betragter fuglene pí¥ vandet.
Den kí¸delige krop er i den grad allerede i oprí¸r.

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He draws patterns on the ground with the toe of his shoe
No space disappears in the course of growth and development: the worldwide does not abolish the local.

Han laver mí¸nstre pí¥ jorden med snuden af sin sko.
Intet rum forsvinder ved ví¦kst og udvikling: det globale afskaffer ikke det lokale.

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He looks for someone to listen
A social space cannot be adequately accounted for either by nature or by its previous history.

Han ser efter nogen der vil lytte.
Man kan ikke udtí¸mmende gí¸re rede for et socialt rum, hverken v.hj.a. naturen eller dets historie.

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She muses, the city always looks better from here
At one level of social space, concatenations of gestures are deployed.

Hun tí¦nker, byen ser altid bedre ud herfra.
Pí¥ et bestemt niveau i det sociale rum udfoldes sammenhí¦ngende gestik.

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All she could hear were the bird songs
The individual situates her body in its own space and apprehends the space around the body.

Det eneste hun kunne hí¸re var fuglenes sang.
Det individuelle placerer hendes krop i dets eget rum og griber luften omkring kroppen.

(by Brandon Labelle and ken Ehrlich – intervention with signs on the benches in the region of the lakes, Copenhagen, dk)