Geska Brečević and Robert Brečević

Verfünfungseffekt

A single man—but look, five

different persons.

Often seeing eye to eye.

As bosom buddies do.

Bickering on occasion,

Each to his own self true.

Five men have seated themselves at a table with five decks of cards. The cards are already shuffled. One of the men shifts his gaze briskly, a split second early. He has extracted himself from synchronicity through a barely noticeable con moto. He is obviously bewildered, all the more so as the other four remain staring at their cards. Has he come to realize that he is a clone, a mere reflection of the others? Through this insight, he confirms his own being. He exists, in the sense that he stands out of—and in, time and space. A moment later, he slips furtively back into unanimity.

Verfünfungseffekt is a kaleidoscopic portrait-in-motion that necessitates reflection on how media alters our perceptions of time and space; it thereby arouses wonder about our place in existence. 

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2021: Geska & Robert Brečević | Anna Cherednikova | Jacob Engblom | Pauline Fransson | Sacco Fujishima | Vidar Francke |
Klara Gardtman | Josefin Gäfvert | Caroline Harrius | Fanny Hellgren | Alexander Hult | Madeleine Jacobsson | Siiri Jüris | Johan F. Kallman | Laura Johanna König | Cecilia Levy | Camilo Matiz | Yoyo Nasty | Therese Norgren | Malin Pierre | Elin Stampe | Armand Tamboly | Elsa Unnegård.

2021: Sarah Maria Yasdani
2020: Jo Andersson | Iván Argote | Jesper OT Andersson | Mimmi Blomqvist | Emilia Elfvik | Leif Engström | Clara Fina Frisk | Sacco Fujishima | Alexander Gustaf-Thompson | Sofia Heinonen | Fanny Hellgren | Tone Linghult | Camilo Matiz | Yoyo Nasty |

Karla Rakuljić | Ruben Risholm | Johanna Robleto | Ellen Rosdala | Lotta Snijder | Jesper Thour | Axel Versteegh | Felicia Westerberg.

2019: Klara Berge | Jonas Bentzer | Adrián Espinós | Lovisa Hed | Henrik Jonsson | Yung Kim | Kajsa Kiuttu | Frida Lundén Mörck | Ivar Lövheim | Molly Malmer | Sara Nielsen Bonde | André Nordström | Yoyo Nasty | Jesper OT Andersson | Elinor Silow | Lisa Wallert | Felicia Westerberg.

2018: Anna Engver | Axel Versteegh | BarroLevén (Ulrika Barr and Kristina Levén) | BOOM (Erika Kristofersson Bredberg, Matilda Kästel, Sara Lundkvist, Ammy Olofsson, Nina Westman) | Camilo Matiz | Elinor Silow | Erlend Rødsten | Frederik E. | Fredrik Eriksson | Henrik Jonsson | Jenny Käll | Jesper OT Andersson | Kajsa Rönnholm | Kasper Nordenström | Lucia Flores | Marcus Nystrand | Sanna Laaban | Supawan Sihapoompichit | Tora Wallander.

2017: John Alberts | Theodor Ander | Johan Berglund | Ludmila Hrachovinová | J o b | Sara Nielsen Bonde | Emma Brålander | Kyung Jin Cho | Sacco Fujishima | Edith Hammar | Susanna Jablonski | Alvina Jakobsson | Gabriella Loeb | Camilo Matiz | Kasper Nordenström Jung | Jesper OT Andersson | Cecilia Ringertz | Martina Skyttberg | Gethin Wyn Jones

2016: Alexander Hult | Alvina Jakobsson | Asumi Sato | Carl Cyrén | Camilo Matiz | Fredrik Eriksson | Ivo Lundin Hatje & Hannes Tomani | Henrik Jonsson | Jennifer Myerscough | Joakim Sandqvist | Johan Berglund | Jonathan Terry | Karin Sahlin | Liva Isakson | Ludmila Hrachovinová | Tero Niskanen | Trine Struwe | Sacco Fujishima

2015: Johan Berglund | Leontina Gustafsson | Haruna Hirano | Susanna Jablonski | Inez Jönsson | Yuuka Kita | Erika Kristofersson Bredberg | Matilda Kästel | Matilda Lundin | Sara Lundkvist | Ammy Olofsson | Daniel Reinius | Trine Struwe | August Sörenson | Nina Westman
2014: Ammy Olofsson | Anna Lidberg | Asumi Sato | Axel Versteegh | Camilo Matiz | Emma Andersson | Erlend Grytbakk Wold |
Gabriella Loeb | Ida Persson | Liva Isakson Lundin | Ossian Eckerman | Sacco Fujishima | Åke Gustafsson. 
2013: Sacco Fujishima.
2012: Aiko Kubo | Anna Åstrand | Bianca Nabuco | Christofer Blixt | David Larsson | Hanna Zelleke Collin | Heyjoo Yang |
Jakob Solgren | Julius Göthlin | Kristofer Hedberg | Lilian de Souza | Monika Strasser | Pål Sommelius | Supawan Sihapoompichit.

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