Horisonten, Gruvsjön och Berganden The Horizon, the Mine pit and the Mountain spirit (2023)

2023

Säg varför skiner väl solen

Varför står vågen mot strand

Vet de inte att allt är förbi

Att livet dog när du försvann

(Allt är förbi - Anna Lena Löfgren 1967)

Installation from Kungstensgatan 27, Stockholm
Sound work from the mail drop.

Light boxes, print of a stone with text, blinds connected to a motor and an arduino, speaker, amplifier, mp3-player and neon light string

Between 13.00-23.30 the blinds open and close, through the letter throwing a soundwork plays every 15 minutes.

The sound is recorded in the mine lake in Stekenjokk, the music is an old schlager from 1967. (Allt är förbi, Anna Lena Löfgren)

In the mine that was active 1976-1988 copper, zinc, iron, silver and gold were mined. The mine tunnels are now filled up and the lake is held together by a gravel embankment to prevent sulfur and heavy metals from leaking into the part of the mountains that is the spring water of Ångermanälven.
The lake will exist forever. Or until a mining company gets permission to dig for more minerals. Or until the Mountain Spirit has had enough and starts cracking the surface.

Documentation: tm