Olofstorp Open Studios 2012

Saturday and Sunday 6-7 October 11h00-17h00

Bergums Källegårdsväg 9
Gothenburg
Tel: +46 (0) 70 401 4385

Alfa beta tetra, images

Alfa beta tetra, 2009
Mixed media and sound
Dimensions variable
Installation views & details

"Det är inte kunskap vi saknar. Vad som fattas oss är modet att inse vad vi vet och dra slutsatserna." - Sven Lindqvist
('We don't lack knowledge. What we lack is the courage to realise what we know and draw the conclusions')

Instead of using an 'idea' as starting-point, this work derives from the colours gold, orange and green and the architecturally varied space of the gallery. Some parts were finalised on site as they depend on fixed features found in the premises.

Alfa beta tetra (detail: gold - oval)

Alfa beta tetra (detail: orange - long)























Alfa beta tetra (detail: green)



























Alfa beta tetra (detail)












(detail: gold/yellow - stripe)







(detail: gold - round)







(detail: green/light green)







An article on the exhibition was published in Hallands Nyheter Friday 6/2 (as of yet not available on the net, unfortunately)

RIA NO, images from the exhibition

Installation view:
Success, succession (version 2), 2007-2008
Pvc, bells, pine, steel
Dimensions variable

Videodocumentation of Success, succession, 2007
Digital video recording with sound
5:47 min (loop)
Edition: unlimited









Documentation of They're coming to take you away (hahah), 2007
Gicléeprint on cotton rag paper (original image courtesy of Esti Strydom)
60 x 85 cm framed
Edition: 4



with reflection of Enter-info box, 2007-2008
Superwood, vinyl, perspex, flourescent light
15 x 75 x 12 cm


They're coming to take you away (hahah) (version 2), 2007-2008
Tree models, conveyor belt, steel, pine
30 x 50 x 20 cm















Installation view:
Untitled [soundtrack] (version 2), 2007-2008
Sound equipment playing sounds of hippo, elephant, rhino, buffalo, lion, zebra and hyena
Wildlife Sounds of the African Bush at a Waterhole in South Africa Vol 2, (Isidor Davis, SABC Sound Archives: 1997)
72:48 min (loop)

Success, succession (version 2), 2007-2008

Untitled [soundtrack]

Sound equipment playing Under Pressure, written and performed by Queen and David Bowie (EMI Elektra, 1981)
4:03 min (loop)
Lyrics not included in exhibition

The Chancery

Documentation of site-specific work 2006-2007
(see 1 and 2)

The Chancery functioned as an embassy for Swedish artist Lars Vilk’s micro-nation Ladonia, and used role-play to explore notions of restriction and access.

Sugar factory

Sugar solution, string, glass jars
Dimensions variable

For one month I cultivated diamonds in these jars. The sugar factory produced ‘counterfeits’ which, in extension, drew attention to the arbitrary assignment of value.