They might be disparate in their exterior shape and are foremost determined to be either a banner or a tent through the way they are used. The thin layer of a tent and a banner is a form that provides a boundary between the public and the private, or forms the place where a message might be announced in a public space.
Sliding Structure
Exhibition
Liv Strand
Curated by Henrik der Minassian
August 29th - September 28th, 2008
Sliding Structure is an exhibition about shape and reshaping. It is based on the ideas of shapes of tents and banners, both recognizable forms with variable appearances.
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
A tent and a banner are shaped from cloth or other thin, simple material and they are both flexible and portable. They are also relatively cheap which makes them occur in a wide variety of versions. They are two forms found in some of the changeable and movable courses of human life, as on vacation or escape, as well in protesting or advertising and a number of other activities. They differ in the way that a tent is used to separate and protect a more private space, whereas a banner is a space for communication where a social/political situation makes a message meaningful.
In "Sliding Structure", the shapes are concentrated to signs, they are refined into pure, basic constructions, recognizable in the flux of mass-media. In the exhibition they become general shapes, shapes where a number of specific narratives and personal fates and fortunes are hiding.
From the exhibition
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
Sliding Structure (2008). Photo: Liv Strand
The exhibition is a work on multi-media as a mechanical, spatial process.
A big mechanical installation built in cooperation with steering engineer Gert-Ove Wågstam will be presented and also a stylized video and a piece with text-sculptures.
Three works of art was made for this exhibition: Sliding structure: it, a mechanical installation built in close cooperation with steering engineer Gert-Ove Wågstam. Glipa / Opening, a video and Text-sculptures that cast shadows.
The work Sliding Structure: it is built with support from Konstnärsnämnden, Sveriges Bildkonstnärsfond. Exhibited in Spain 2010 by support from Musik Sverige.