Minister of Art and Jump, Fredrik Larsson, in the process of jumping.

Tapper-Popermajer Art Gallery presents HopArt. A performance by the Minister of Art and Jump of Ladonia, Fredrik Larsson, will take place during the "gallerinatten" from the bridge by Amiralsgatan on Saturday, September 28, 2002. The jump will be performed at approx 7.30 p.m. and a jumping tower will be built, starting approx. 5 p.m.

The HopArt in Malmö by Larsson is part of a life-long performance with jumps performed in many places, both in Sweden and other countries. Jumps in the tour have so far been performed in cities like Borås, Wotan City (Ladonia), Mölle, Vänersborg, and Trollhättan. The first jump occured in Viskan in "Borås Stadspark". Further jumps are planned for Houston, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Uddevalla, Gothenburg, to mention but a few.

The HopArt Tour is a cooperation between The Borås Institute of conceptual Art, The Conceptual Art Museum of Borås, and the Art and Jump Ministry of Ladonia.

In the swedish language, the word Jump has a double meaning. The word is "hopp", and this word can either mean "to hope" or "to jump". You can jump for joy or make a jump (into the water - to drown yourself) in despair. There is even people who paticipates in jumping competitions. Then you can jump high because you get startled and scared. But in this case, it is all about Performance, and Fredrik Larsson will jump into the water in order to protest.

During a performance lasting less than a second, Larsson will protest against the order of things, partly against the boredom of everyday life - that according to him in part is caused by:

"Jantelagen" (see author Axel Sandemose for explanation)

Bad weather

Ununderstandable contemporary art (Larsson is aware that he is part of this, but he of course is not subject to his own protest)

Idiots & stupid politics

The Company of Wrong – those who always tell us what we do wrong - and that we should not do this or that

Pollution in various forms

Consumption society

Bureaucracy

Fredrik Larsson is born i Skåne, raised in Höganäs and Ängelhom and today lives in Trollhättan.