statement
We use stories and images to understand the world. This is one of the very basic principles of an artwork that I’m interested in exploring: how it creates meaning. I like to look ‘behind the screens’, at how a story, or an image is produced, or manufactured, but I’m also interested in the potential of art to redefine, or confuse what something means. For instance, in the project This land is a land and a land and a land I attempt to open up what Swedish landscapes and surroundings mean, by looking at them through the eyes of people, from different countries, who moved to Sweden.
I often work with text in combination with pictures. I like how they complement each other: text can bring out the narrativity of images, as much as images can emphasize the visuality of a text. They create a dynamic that can reveal, challenge, distort or change that which they describe.
Making an artwork is not limited to the actual object and I like to emphasize the fact that it's an investigative process. That's why I often write texts as a means to further explore the subjects I'm working on and to collect the narratives, ideas and worldviews that surface throughout my work. This website is an attempt to connect all those dots.
Besides my individual practice, I have been working since 2003 with the Finnish artist Oskar Lindström on the project It's better to build than to fade away, in which we reflect on European landscapes. Many of these works are carried out in public space, in order to address issues at the place where they are situated.
Since 2007 I run, collaboration with the artists Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt, the SQUID project. SQUID is an online archive of texts written by professionals from the cultural field, but also a framework we use for live arrangements such as public events. We continuously invite cultural practitioners to write in relation to their practice. Instead of using art criticism or theory, we focus on facilitating space for knowledge that emerges from an investigative, creative process.
I often work with text in combination with pictures. I like how they complement each other: text can bring out the narrativity of images, as much as images can emphasize the visuality of a text. They create a dynamic that can reveal, challenge, distort or change that which they describe.
Making an artwork is not limited to the actual object and I like to emphasize the fact that it's an investigative process. That's why I often write texts as a means to further explore the subjects I'm working on and to collect the narratives, ideas and worldviews that surface throughout my work. This website is an attempt to connect all those dots.
Besides my individual practice, I have been working since 2003 with the Finnish artist Oskar Lindström on the project It's better to build than to fade away, in which we reflect on European landscapes. Many of these works are carried out in public space, in order to address issues at the place where they are situated.
Since 2007 I run, collaboration with the artists Katja Aglert and Janna Holmstedt, the SQUID project. SQUID is an online archive of texts written by professionals from the cultural field, but also a framework we use for live arrangements such as public events. We continuously invite cultural practitioners to write in relation to their practice. Instead of using art criticism or theory, we focus on facilitating space for knowledge that emerges from an investigative, creative process.