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In this film about a falsified InterRail ticket, a chain of events and links arise which leads the filmmaker on a journey. Where fiction in a performative manner seems to materialize itself and create a piece of reality that seems to imitate fiction. The protagonist in the film is never to be seen, instead we follow her voice through staging and documents while the story is being mediated.

Eva Rocco Kenell (b. 1982 Växjö, Sweden) holds a BFA from Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and a MFA from Konstfack University of Arts and Craft, Stockholm where she graduated with the honorable Principal scholarship. Kenell’s artistic practice is based on a documentary ground, even though the intentions are rather to break down classical narratives and normative storytelling. Not only concepts surrounding fiction and reality are central, but also questions around which one of the two is creating the other. Kenell`s methodology consists of a research based practice with a focus on micro-histories, where she explores single events and where details in a story can become the new center and the place which the focus is transferred to. Kenell`s practice brings up notions concerning the role of the documentary, storytelling, concept of truth and imitation. And at the same time it opens up for questions around freedom of movement and counter-strategies.