ALL SHELTERS ARE MARKED WITH A SIGN, 2019-2024
Questions about existential threats, our lack of crisis preparedness and uncertain future scenarios are expressed through manipulated analogue color photographs. The color has often been tweaked as to refer to the horror of the normal being suddenly disrupted. An alternative vision is presented, where the viewer is confronted by the reality and fiction at the same time. Opposites are often reflected in the works, such as the rainbow colors we can see spread out in a puddle of water from a petrol splash that is perceived as both beautiful and poisonous. How should we interpret the colors that does not belong in what we call the natural? Inspiration to this ongoing series is drawn from everyday alarms about everything we should be doing but with the despairing feeling that it is already too late. A great source of inspiration is the brochure If war or crisis comes which was distributed to all households in 2018. The title All Shelters Are Marked With A Sign comes from a phrase in the folder and refers to the vast number of shelters that are located in Sweden and that they should be easy to find. Ironically, the island I live on does not have any shelters at all and this fact has contributed to my artistic work. The island itself acts as a fund in which my imaginary scenarios takes place. Together with more documentary images of everyday life this series portrays space between dream and wakefulness, reason versus paranoia, as well the agony that arises from living in an unpredictable existence.
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