YEO CHEE KIONG
YEN PENG
We are Rebirthing in the Body of Jormungandr

In collaboration with Sculpture 2052, Singapore, artists Yeo Chee Kiong and Yen Peng were invited to participate in a residency at Väst på fjället, organized by Linnéa Therese Dimitriou and Väst på fjället.

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We are Rebirthing in the Body of Jörmungandr is a site-specific installation and performance developed during their stay in Sweden. As the most elaborate iteration of the ongoing Grey Serpent Series (initiated in 2013), this work reimagines Norse mythology through a contemporary, ritual-based practice—set in the northern Swedish forests at the height of midsummer.
 

At the heart of the project is a hand-knitted, elongated sculptural form — the Grey Serpent — designed to accommodate up to seven participants. Functioning simultaneously as a physical structure and a performative site, the serpent becomes the vessel for a metaphorical rebirthing ritual. The artists collaborate with local practitioners, inviting them to interpret and animate the serpent through movement, presence, and improvisation.

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Exploring ideas of transformation, mythology, and embodied storytelling, the project culminates in a public presentation featuring video documentation, an evolving research archive, and selected works from previous chapters of the Serpent Series.