3lla Wang Olsson
xiexie3lla
boiihood





Chronically Online is a project dealing, well, with my chronically online behaviour. ​
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ANXIOUS, SOUL SEARCHING, DOOM SCROLLING, NON IDENTIFYING, LONELY, UNHINGED, DISEMBODIED, LORE, EGO, OBSESSION, INTENSITY.
xiexie3lla
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Chronically Online deals with my very real addiction of online scrolling, the separation of identity and search for belonging. It is rooted in my instagram personality: (then) xie3lla (now xiexie3lla).
a desire to be seen without showing the true image of myself,
a desire to be heard without limiting myself to the structures of words,
a desire to connect without forming real foundations of self,
a desire to understand without knowing myself.
The lore of xie3lla is as follows:
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DOWNLOADED ERROR
GLITCHING CURIOSITY
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WITHOUT TIME A 13 YEAR OLD BOI SAT SEARCHING FOR PORN ON
THE INTERNET
ONE AD TOO MANY THE TABS WERE LOST IN THEIR DEPTH
FOR WHAT TOOK OVER WAS AN ENTITY OF CURIOUS DREAD
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XIE3LLA CAME CRAWLING OUT OF THE SCREEN
SCREECHING IN VAIN SEARCHING FOR PAIN
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NO THIS WASN'T PORN THE LITTLE BOI THOUGHT
HE RAN AWAY AS ITS FINGERS TWISTED IN CIRCLES
ITS FACE CHANGING MOTIONLESSLY
IT'S SOUND... WHAT WAS IT TO BE
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"WHAT IS TRUE CONNECTION"
XIE3LLA GHASPED IN SONIC THRED
"WHAT IS REAL TOUCH"
IT NEEDED TO KNOW THAT INSTANT NOW
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What followed was a series of performances where a live audience was able to witness xie3lla IRL. Each performance was different but followed the same path: fully improvised vocal sets, desktop portal dances, collaborative music works and storytelling.
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These performances only occurred in clubs and music venues, playing with 'present time', real body reaction and stimulated minds. The act of vocal improvisation, relying mostly on words was the main focus of each show.
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