SANDCITY

city pieces:

Smedsuddsbadet 20080924
Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm, 20080631-20080701
Chowpatty Beach, Mumbai, 20080114
Kilyos, Turkey, 20071029
Akureyri, Skjálfandi, Sjávarsandur 20070830
Egilstadir, Héraðsflói 20070828
Skaftafjell, Skeiðarársandur, 20070824
Galleri Mejan, Stockholm 2070705-20070711
Blijuburg, Amsterdam 20061116
Sidebeach, Turkey 20060911
Sternösandviken, Karlshamn 2005029
Kärradal, Varberg 20050821-20050824
Gaddesanna, Vänersborg 20050820
Svindersvik, Stockholm 20050605

In workshop situations:

Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm 2008
Virserums Konsthall 2008
Generator, Trondheim 2007

SANDCITY is a mobile temporary project where I have built sand cities in different locations around the world. Casts of buildings from different places put together compose each Sandcity piece. The approximately twenty different models each stands for a specific country, class or time period. With the sand I construct an image of a city that is big and massive, but at the same time fragile and changeable. The sand and the surrounding speeds the process and makes the historical course of events visible.

The project started as a search of possibilities to use the public sphere in Stockholm, also as a reaction upon the limits of the gallery space.
The project is talking about the differences between places in a cultural aspect, like the complexity of the mega city Mumbai in India in contrast to the rich
environments of the wasteland of Iceland.

Later on the project became a development and research in the arts (r&d) - project where I investigated the surrounding and the art contexts influences on the piece. The report is finished and contains texts and documentation, please go to: pdf The text is written by Lisa Torell and my self.

Images from Mumbai, Iceland and the Architectural Museeum. Small images from Gärdet 2005 (the absolutely first one), Kärradal, Svindersvik, Istanbul/Kilyos and Smedsuddsbadet.