Sara Lunden (performing name Saralunden) (born March 30, 1970, in

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) is a singer, musician and performance artist. She started out making music and performances around 1997 during her art studies at Royal College University of Fine Arts

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where she received an MFA. Since the late 90s she's been developing her own personal musical style mixing influences from

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, schlager, chanson,

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and minimal wave. Her live performances often involves theatrical costumes and live musicians i.e. ”Deadly Boring” where a men's choir, adds a background for her vocals.

Notable performances

* (1997) The Tallest Woman, Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Stockholm * (1998) Saralunden - The Famous, The Art Brothel, Stockholm * (1999) Lonely Hearts in the Crowd, Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm * (2000) Deadly Boring, Stockholm Art Fair * (2000) Finalen Galleri Mejan, Stockholm * (2003) I Took Hormones to Become a Man, Kunsthalle Tallinn & Kulturhuset Stockholm * (2003) Into Your Head, SOC, Stockholm * (2004) Great Space, Atalante Gothenburg * (2004) There Was a Time When Everything Was Alright, Röda Sten, Gothenburg * (2004) If Anyone Tried Hard Enough, Kilen, Kulturhuset Stockholm * (2005) Performance,

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, Stockholm * (2006) Das Fleck, Dot Dot Dot Dot, Mossutställningar, Stockholm * (2006) Sven-Göran Eriksson vs. Phil Spector: Songs of the Freak, Liste Art Fair Basel * (2007) Drei Liede Für Ein Gehirn, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö, Sweden.

Discography

* (1998) Surrounded By Men Yet Without them, CD-R * (2000) Turn Me Over To The Devil, 7" vinyl, Make it happen MKTH-08 * (2001) All Songs Are Sad Songs, CD compilation, Make it happen MKTH-11 * (2003) This Is Not Desire, CD single featuring

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Lobotom Records, LOBOTOM03 * (2003) I Will Sun And Spring You Down, CD, Lobotom Records, LOBOTOM06 * (2006) Sweet Sweet Sweet the Beat, CD, Lobotom Records, LOBOTOM22 * (2007) There Was No End, CD mini-album with Andrey Kiritchenko, Nexsound, NSP02 * (2007) Songs Of The Freak: Sven Goran Eriksson vs. Phil Spector, CDr mini-album, SHINY001 * (2007) Dubious - with Björkås and Mjös, CD(EP), Nexsound, NSP01 * (2011) Fat Boy featuring

, 12" Vinyl EP, Falco Invernale Records (F.I.R.), FIR005 * (2012) Saralunden - Box Set, 5*LP (Chansons d'Arithmétique, X, Testaments Betrayed, Das Fleck, Musicals), SHINY001-005 * (2013) Suggestive Boy, 12" Vinyl, Gooiland Elektro/Enfant Terrible, Gooiland 13 / ET031 * (2015) HMS Plays Saralunden, Vinyl LP, SHINY006 * (2017) Song for a Sexy Writer,12" Vinyl EP, SHINY007

Filmography

* (1997) Ist das ein Kind?, Super8/Beta * (1999) Harlem, musical, Super8/Beta, in collaboration with Henry Moore Selder * (2001) Deadly Boring, musical, 35mm, in collaboration with Henry Moore Selder * (2002) Hon är död, musical, 35mm B/W, in collaboration with Henry Moore Selder

References

External links

The Official Saralunden Web Site
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