Ingrid Bolsø Berdal

Ingrid Bolsø Berdal Instagram – I’m a part of an international art project benefiting mental health. Check out Decameron Row, www.decameronrow.com (link in bio). My video contribution is in Building 82, bottom right window.
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Every artist was given a minute to express something about being in quarantine during this global situation we all share. The idea was inspired by Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375):
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“While I was suffering, the pleasant conversation and invaluable consolation of certain friends gave me such relief that I am absolutely convinced that they are the reason I did not die”.
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In “The Decameron” Boccaccio describes how a group of friends during the Black Plague in 14th-
century Florence pass a 10-day forced quarantine by telling each other stories to pass the time; 10 people, 10 days, 100 tales.
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Inspired by Boccaccio’s belief that sharing stories is a salve for isolation, 100 artists around the world were invited to contribute a short video to The Decameron Row. A collective record of this stormy year.
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More videos will fill up the buildings during the summer.
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