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OBLIGATORIUM, Öppna Dörrar 2022, Konstfrämjandet Uppland

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?

Rights of Nature

Review Dagens Nyheter

OBLIGATORIUM, Performance sep 2022, Ulleråker Old Asylum

CIRCUIT (KRETS), 2021

CIRCUIT/KRETS, 2021
Sitespecific work for
Ur Mörkret,
Konst Tar Plats,
the old Lancashire-smithy in Karlholmsbruk

Blown glass, water from the pond, braided grass, cast silicon, found iron objects, textile.

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 I

MEND II

MEND I

MEND III (Pietá)

River-and-I. Installation view from Stipendiater 2020, Uppsala art museum

Water Talks. Installation at Konstfack, 2019

Water Talks. Installation view from Stipendiater 2020, Uppsala art museum

Water Talks: Spring water. Installation view from Sadelmakarlängan, 2020

What was hidden, 2018

Installation using raw clay and household objects.
. . .
Clay as archive; 40.000 years old handprints
on the cave wall look exactly as my own.
Time is always present.
There is a promise and a threat.