YEO CHEE KIONG
We are Rebirthing in the Body of the Grey Serpent named Jormungandr

As a collaboration with Sculpture 2052 in Singapore, artists Yeo Chee Kiong and Tan Yen Peng have been invited to participate in a residency at Väst på fjället. The residency is organized by Linnéa Therese Dimitriou and Väst på fjället.

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"We are Rebirthing in the Body of the Grey Serpent named 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.

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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.

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Sculpture 2052: https://sculpture2052.com/