OBLIGATORIUM, 2022 For the exhibition Öppna Dörrar (Open Doors), Gamla Hospitalet, Ulleråker, Uppsala Arr: Konstfrämjandet Uppland Textile, stoneware, sinew thread, paint. The three trees stand on a tiny hill outside the old mental asylum, Ulleråker. Loosely inspired by an image of an old strait jacket, I strapped the trees together, reinforcing the tension between them. A reference to the history of the Asylum and the institutions for mental care, with their elements of force and compulsion. If you zoom out a bit, it is a generic image of exercise of power, applicable to the behaviour of the swedish goverment regarding mining in Gállok, or to issues around artistic freedom and freedom of speech. By treating the trees as subjects, it also refers to the idea of the Rights of Nature. What right do we (our economic culture) have to impose huge changes upon other creatures, such as climate change or a sixth mass extinction? |
MEND I-III
For Kjerringøy Land Art Biennial, 2021 (At-home version due to Covid) Near my home is a newly created clear cut, where all the fir trees were killed by bark beetles last summer. I spent a hot week in early July, befriending the place. Braiding grass for the last trees still standing, as an act of care(MEND I). I attempted to do something for a rock that newly lost it's cover of moss, but the rock was happy as it was, and it ended up a self-care project (MEND II). And last, taking care of the dried up moss-cover, bringing it home to a shady place (MEND III). MEND IMEND IIMEND IIMEND II |
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