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| The piece is comprised of: |
| - A replica of the world´s smallest bible, the original being in Stensele Church, Sweden |
| - An edited video of the action (4: 33 mins) which took place on the 8th of May 2000 |
| The bible is dropped from an airplane into the Big Hole in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa |
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- A photograph (140 X 51cm) of bookbinder Jabulani Dube with the bible in his hand
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In April, 2000 when I first visited South Africa I met Jabulani Dube. He worked at a bookbindery. I asked him what it means to be a rasta and we ended up having a long discussion about religion. He also told me he grew up in Kimberley, a society founded on the Bore's diamond trading and that one of the mines is the biggest in the world. I replied saying that the smallest bible in the world is in Stensele church in Sweden. I asked him if he could make a copy of it. After a long conversation we agreed that this copy of The smallest bible in the world should be unwritten because it's about "writing it every day in one's actions". He and his little daughter followed me to Kimberley. I rented a small airplane and dropped the bible in the hole.
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| This piece is exhibited at BildMuseet, Umea, Sweden. February 25 - May 1, 2001 | |
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This piece is made possible through the SIDA project Cultures in Dialogue, initiated and organized by Bild Museet, Umea, Sweden. I work as a Guest Professor at Umea Academy of Fine Arts.and in this project I was invited as Exchange lecturer in the Fine Arts Department at Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg, South Africa, for two months (17 April through 1 June). This piece is also supported by The Swedish Institute |
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