To all the artists who's work Im showing below - Im sorry about the bad quality of the photos (on thing HTC didnt do as good as I-ph) and I am sorry about the horrifying colourmatch with the background, Ill fix this latter problem at some point.
Emma Fredriksson (Liljevalchs 2013)
James Copeland (Liljevalchs 2013)
Pauliina Pietila (Market 2013)
See what I mean?
If letting myself be inspired by a show at Global Talks, then the question becomes: What is the underlying current on a larger scale resulting in the individual artists work? What is the background to the viewers fascination (including myself - I used to draw on this theme a couple of years ago).
My Detroit friend complains about ruintourism and ruin porn, the sensational exploitation of the dereliction and poverty. Is this about the same thing?
What are the association to these spaces?
On one hand - a backside to the sparkly facade of the contemporary society; the loading deck, the office, spaces related to working, rather than consuming. In neither of the cases it is a question of flexible, high-status work but rather the opposite , the body work, o r the mindnumbing environment of a office-scape.
On another hand - the scrutiny of the spaces in which we live our lives... finding the uncanny; that these places turn foreign and cold when we are not there to fill them, or they turn us to the perfect inhabitants of such a place - cold, foreign, distanciated...
On yet another hand (...) perhaps there is simply someting incredibly evocative about these spaces.
I think so - I prefer most buildings empty (offices, library, public pools)....
Hmm. Dont really feel satisfied - please come with thoughts and inspiration :-)
Stockholm 13-03-04
With a whisky in the studio listening to reggae with a purple light over my head
