{"id":2541,"date":"2025-12-27T16:02:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/?page_id=2541"},"modified":"2025-12-27T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T16:02:47","slug":"reaching-for-the-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/reaching-for-the-apocalypse\/","title":{"rendered":"Reaching for the Apocalypse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Reaching for the Apocalypse<\/strong><br>_____________________________<br>artist book, 2021<br>42 pages digitally printed inlay<br>12 unique pages screen printed monotypes\u00a0<br>15,2 x 20,5 cm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>limited edition of 30, numbered and signed<br>bookbinding by Flodstrands Bokbinderi<br>_____________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1450\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_4.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_4-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_4-1024x742.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_4-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_4-1536x1114.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My essayistic approach to the Apocalypse connects disparate elements: the Little Prince, the IPCC report on global warming, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, playing chess with Death, prepping for the End of the World \u2013 and more. And last, but not least; the importance of butterflies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1884\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-scaled.jpg 1884w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-768x1044.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-1130x1536.jpg 1130w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_3-1507x2048.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1884px) 100vw, 1884px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The book contains different approaches to the Apocalypse: I play with it\u2014what if it was a theatre play, a memory game, an instruction piece, a lullaby, a punk song \u2026 ? Then there are reflections in between and a conversation in the margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_8.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_8-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_8-1024x340.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_8-768x255.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/uppslag_8-1536x510.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist book was made for my exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandrahedberg.com\/page\/apocalypse\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2496\">Apocalypse<\/a> and a recorded version of the punk song was played as part of the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaching for the Apocalypse_____________________________artist book, 202142 pages digitally printed inlay12 unique pages screen printed monotypes\u00a015,2 x 20,5 cm limited edition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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