An interactive performance from the tower of Kunsthallen Nikolaj (Copenhagen Contemporary Art Centre) former Nikolai Church, performed 2 hours for the opening of the show Turmsturm and 5 hours the day after, at Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, 2003

The performance Wishing Chair was made for the opening 12 September 5-7 PM and the day after 12 AM - 5 PM. Playing on the vertical and religious aspect of Nikolaj Tower I wanted to create an interactive and poetic situation, leaving the audience to consider their wishes, with the possibility of having their wishes fulfilled.

I was placed 30 m above people in the tower. When people spoke out loud their wishes (as instructed next to the chair), I was able to hear the wish via a small baby-alarm hidden in the chair. From my little wishing laboratory I then created an answer, put in a small white box attach to a little parachute made out of paper, which I then threw down to the person in the Wishing chair. Not all wishes were fulfilled, because some of them landed on the roof.

There were many different wishes and answers. A girl who asked for a job in Berlin for instance got a hand written recommendation in German. I fulfilled about 30 wishes during the performance, the wishes were among others:

An ice cream, structure
to get to know what it’s all about
happiness, an aeroplane
to become one with the universe
happiness and a good health for his family
his friends and himself
warm-heartedness
peace on earth
a car
a eternal parking ticket for red zone in Copenhagen
a giraffe
a computer game
just anything
to understand the world
an apartment
to go to New York
to be able to speak Spanish
to make the right decision
more fantasy
the end of installation art
a ladder to climb and pick down all the unfulfilled wishes