Skvallret

Skvallret (The Gossip) is a choreographed guided city tour from the perspective of a dog.

Through sniffing up the insignificant stories, smelly cobble stones irresistable peeing spots, this guided tour moves the attention away from the grand Stories and into intimate encounters. Smaller groups of participants are guided through a city from a sensorial and knee high perspective, ending up in a performance by a local agility team of dogs.

In addition to the performed city tour, the project Skvallret involves an audio guide and a public art work in the shape of a pile of gravel for dogs to pee on.

Skvallret was originally created in the city of Sundsvall on commission from Sundsvall city and The Public Art Agency (Statens konstråd) in 2020 and was further performed on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm as part of the festival Lustholmen 2023. It now exists as a site specific choreography, remade for each site it is performed.