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Light has several dimensions. By projecting sequences of film instead of spotlights, you can create a screen within the illumination. The sequences consist of different kinds of light filmed on video. This material is then cut and edited to fit the particular event or show it is intended for, and the final product is something I decided to call a ‘moving light picture’. A few examples can be seen below. All movies are in Quicktime format. You can use the free software VLC to view them. |
| Sus (“Sough”) |
In 2006 I was invited to take part in Malmö Gallery Night with an installation and the work I submitted was a light- and sound installation called Sus (“Sough”). My intention was to create a calming, natural atmosphere on this usually very busy spot in central Malmö.
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| Fotografiska skisser (”Photgraphical sketches”) |
Persuaded by a colleague, I put on an exhibition at Gallery Rostrum’s Art after work 2006, consisting of a selection from my large photographical sketch archive.
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| Dygnet (“The Day”) |
The light artwork Dygnet (“The Day”) on show at gallery Skånes Konst was a further development of my “Artificial Sunset”, originally created for Ann Sidén’s project “Mamma Knota” 2003, Örebro. The idea was to display the variations of light during the 24 hours of the day and make the audience experience these changes, compressed to a 13 minute long light show.
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| Signal (“Signal”) |
My moving light picture “Signal” is light from the lighthouse at Kullen recorded on film. This is a part of my own project “To communicate with light”, where I collect the light from a selection of lighthouses and beacons in Sweden, then cut and edit the material to create a moving light picture. “Signal” was created for the exhibition “Fotografi i fokus” (“Focus on photography”), Malmö 2007. It was used to create a room of light in the middle of one of the patios at Hedmanska Gården during the opening night of the exhibition. This is a short clip from the movie.
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| Ett universum (A universe) |
”Ett universum” (”A universe”) was my first moving light picture. It was shown at Gallery G in Lund in 2005, using two projectors to fill the small exhibition hall with moving light on film. The movie also had a soundtrack to create a sense of total focus in the room. This is a clip from the movie
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| Mamma Knota återvinner tid (Mamma Knota recycles time) – Dygnet (The Day) |
During her project ”Mamma Knota”, Ann Sidén asked me to make a light installation for her exhibition at Gallery ID:I in Stockholm. I created “The Day” as part of “Mamma Knota recycles time”, where the complete journey of the sun is experienced in approximately 10 minutes. Here is a sample of the different lightings at the vernissage in January, 2004. Photo by Ann Rosén. |
| Tomelillasjälar (Tomelilla Souls) |
Along with two other artists, Carin Person and Fredrik Weerasinghe, I was asked to make light installations for public spaces in Tomelilla. Altogether there were six pieces, two by each artist, displayed during November 2007. One of my creations was an artwork called Tomelilla Souls; A movie made from film clips of the eyes of a large variety of Tomelilla residents. The movie was projected on an island covered by trees, set in a small lake in a local park by Välaområdet.
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| Intern |
I am currently working on a collaboration with the dance group Sardine Sauvage, in particular with the dancer and choreographer Melanie Koller. We strive to develop and take the partnership between my light art and their dance performances further. When they performed at the annual dance project Chicken Soup at Inkonst in Malmö, my light artwork set the backdrop – forming the combined artwork Intern. The moving light picture that was shown at the performance can be viewed I full here.
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