 04/21/06 Bonniers Konsthall
Daria Martin sneak launches Bonniers Konsthall, April 26 Daria Martin has been invited to show and introduce her films Soft Materials and Wintergarden at the Sture movie theatre in Stockholm. This will be the first time Daria Martins films are shown in Sweden. Her films can be described as total artworks where music, clothes, set design, and dance work together to form a whole. Martin makes use of and reinterprets the ideals and expressions of performance arts. Her characteristic theatrical aesthetics combine simple materials, hand-made clothing, jewellery, and props bearing references to Giacomettis sculptures, modernist architecture, and Oscar Schlemmers dance and theatre costumes. Daria Martin was born in San Francisco in 1973, and lives and works in London. Soft Materials 2004, 10 min. The film creates a new image of the boundary between man and machine. As in Martins earlier works there are clear connections both to early modernism as well as the performance art of the sixties. The film was produced at the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of Zürich. In a dance-like performance, two robots interact with two performance artists. Wintergarden 2005, 13 min. The De La Warr pavilion, a modernist building on the English coast, is the location for Daria Martins latest film. Female performance artists act out the Greek myth of Persephone with the pavilions glass and steel façade as a backdrop. Dance, song, and bodily presence create a film bearing the distinguishing traits of a vaudeville show. Daria Martin has written the lyrics and music together with the Norwegian musician and composer Maja Ratkje. Where: the Sture movie theatre, Birger Jarlsgatan 41. When: April 26, 18.30. For tickets please call 46 8 736 42 44. Supported by British Council. ___________________________________________________________________ Gabriel Lester sneak launches Bonniers Konsthall, April 5 30. Gabriel Lester has been invited to Bonniers Konsthall to work with the entire glass façade of the building. Specifically for Bonniers Konsthall, Lester has created the new large scale video installation Seen, with six scenes that will activate the entire façade. Seen paraphrases a sequence from Jacques Tatis Playtime where pedestrians, walking down a street, peer into a modernist building and observe the tenants. Lester lives and works in New York and Brussels. Where: The façade of Bonniers Konsthall, Torsgatan 19. When: April 5 30, 8 12 pm. Annika Ström sneak launches Bonniers Konsthall, April 30 - May 28. Annika Ström has been invited to create text-based works for the public advertisement spaces in Stockholm. The texts will also be spread via SMS. Ströms´ works comment on everyday life and the paradoxes of art life with a subtle humour. Ström lives and works in England and Berlin. Where: billboards throughout Stockholm. When: April 30 - May 28. ___________________________________________________________________ Bonniers Konsthall is a new venue for Swedish and international contemporary art in the centre of Stockholm. The exhibition venues transparent, triangular building on Torsgatan was designed by Johan Celsing Arkitektkontor. Bonniers Konsthall aims at introducing new art and supporting emerging artists. With a program of exhibitions, artist talks, seminars, publications, artist-in-residence studio, and other activities, Bonniers Konsthall has committed itself to support contemporary art. Bonniers Konsthall has its origins in the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation, established in 1985 by Jeanette Bonnier in memory of her daughter Maria. The foundation awards annual grants to young Swedish artists. Jeanette Bonnier is the founder of Bonniers Konsthall which is run by the Bonnier family within the framework of The Bonnier Group. The Bonnier Group is one of Scandinavias largest media groups, comprising companies involved in newspapers, magazines, books, film and television. The owner, the Bonnier family, has supported art and culture for over two centuries. The founding of Bonniers Konsthall is a continuation of this tradition. Sara Arrhenius has been the director of Bonniers Konsthall since 2005. Fore more information regarding Bonniers Konsthall: http://www.bonnierskonsthall.se  |
