The Looks of Experimental
For years, even decades, I’ve been confused about what people mean when they name art experimental. “Ah, you know it’s pretty experimental.” But what does it actually mean? Is it a definition, a matter of giving something value, positive or negative, scornful, or just something one says when nothing else seems appropriate? Does experimental make the […]
Tools, Differences, Images
A tool knows what it’s good for and we use tools in order to generate a certain result. You repair your car with a screwdriver and it might just work but fix it with a rubber band or a bulldozer and the outcome is likely not that desirable. An option is to reverse or diagonalise […]
Thinking About the Internet
Really, I haven’t been thinking about the Internet for like ten years. On the other hand, perhaps I think about the Internet every day. Or, is it possible to think at all today except about the Internet. Myself, like most people, use the Internet all the time, I guess even when sleeping, after all my […]
Thing They Don’t In Florida – Reflective
Often commissions in the arts require a counter proposal. The artists receive an offer and are expected to respond with something corresponding to the circumstances. This project allowed for a different trajectory. Instead of the conventional reacting to Mårten Spångberg decided on an active method letting the project’s brief reverberate through his contribution’s layers circumventing […]
Episode 12
A friend’s dad who worked as a judge in The Hague once complained that he knew more and more about less and less. He wasn’t getting younger and it was difficult to determine if he was referring to his age or profession. For her it was impossible not to associate his thoughts with darkness. More […]
Episode 11
Before lunch, early afternoon. The day is packed with slots. Morning coffee, teatime, rush hour. As long as the sun is up life is lived in thirty-minute chunks. The night isn’t divided, at least not in half an hour snippets? Perhaps that’s why travelling during the day makes a trip longer than when concluded in […]
Episode 10
“-Strange, very strange”, he said. His eyes moved rapidly as if he needed to but couldn’t find something to fasten his gaze on. It was not that he was looking for something, he just scanned the space in order to attach, to create a relation. The rest of his body was calm, too calm, almost […]
Episode 9
The young boy discovered that some bags had tags, but had no sense of what their function was although he did understand that they were important. With a little support, he deciphered names of people, cities and countries. He was familiar with some and repeated them several times as if uttering the city’s name over […]
Episode 8
Surprised she discovered that he hadn’t had time to move on very far. Or perhaps she had just lost track for a few moments. The mind had the luxury of not being bound to time like us humans. It was crucial that she snapped out of her own landscape, she didn’t want to stay with […]
Episode 7
He was good at telling stories. Even the most ordinary events turned into fantastic escapades when he narrated them. Not that the stories were rehearsed, he just had the gift. A particular attention was given to details, suddenly the focus could change or the story could flicker between perspectives. A trivial day-to-day experience could be […]
