In My Imagination, I Was Already Here
Opening reception: Friday, October 26, 6 pm – 9 pm
Exhibition dates & times: October 27th & 28th, 12 – 6 pm
Flux Factory is pleased to present a two-person exhibition of returning Artists-in-Residence, Cecilia Enberg and Christina Helena Romirer.
In My Imagination, I Was Already Here focuses on the city, its patterns, and grids. The exhibition title refers to a quote from Jean Baudrillard’s America: “I was here in my imagination long before I actually came here.” A phenomenon that is especially connected to New York City, we explore the scene precisely before setting it.
New York is so much more than Manhattan. It is more that its buildings and bridges, of which we all have prefabricated images. Even if we’ve never visited, we have a sense of the city from photographs, postcards, and movies. New York is the transit system, flashing lights, dust, hidden street corners, signs, crowds, changing neighborhoods, and stories heard while wandering.
The city operates in so many layers. What shapes a city, a place, or a neighborhood? What can be defined as a landmark? How do people chose their daily commutes? Cecilia Enberg’s and Christina Helena Romirer’s works focus on answering these questions, discovering and exploring the hidden places of the metropolis. They will show their own views, impressions, and investigations of the city through drawing maps and developing patterns.
About the artists: Cecilia Enberg and Christina Helena Romirer met in January 2011, when they both arrived in New York City to participate in Flux Factory’s Artist-in-Residence program.
Cecilia Enberg is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She holds a B.Sc in Multimedia and is a member of KKV Nacka, an artist-run workshop in Stockholm. Enberg is interested in the junction between new technology and traditional craftsmanship and works in various media, such as printmaking, needlework, and photography. Christina Helena Romirer in an artist and scenographer based in Austria. Her work often deals with spaces and ambiences that enlace small details not obviously shown at the first glance. She works in media such as space installation, photography, large scale prints, and sculpture.
This exhibition is made possible, in part, with the support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.
Norrbottenssalongen 2012
Äntligen! Det är 6 år sen sist men nu blir det av - en jurybedömd Norrbottenssalong. Den visas både på Norrbottens museum och i Konsthallen, Kulturens Hus i Luleå. I
nbjudna att ansöka var personer födda eller boende i Norrbotten samt de som anser sig vara norrbottningar i "själ och hjärta". Temat fritt och alla tekniker och material accepterades. Max 3 konstverk fick man ansöka med som inte visats offentligt förut.
Juryn bestod av Daniel Werkmäster, chef Norrtälje konsthall, Anna-Karin Larsson, konstintendent, Skellefteå och Bill Olsson, konstnär i Umeå.
Totalt 168 konstnärer ansökte med sammanlagt 490 verk. Juryn valde till slut ut 81 konstverk av 52 konstnärer, ca hälften boende i Norrbotten och resten i övriga Sverige och Köpenhamn. Det blev en utställning med yngre, oetablerade konstnärer och endel barn till redan etablerade som nu är på frammasch. Dessutom finns ju de proffesionella konstnärerna här. Spännande! I
Konsthallen visar vi konstnärer mellan A-Le i efternamn och på Norrbottensmuseum fortsätter det med Li-Ö. Vi har producerat en katalog i samband med utställningen som är ett samarrangemang med Norrbottens museum och Konsthallen.
Vi tackar Norrbottens Läns Landsting och Längmanska Kulturfonden för stöd.
Gratis allmänna visningar av Norrbottenssalongen: lördag 27 okt kl 14, tisdag 13 nov kl 18 och lördag 17 nov kl 14.
International Triennial of Contemporary Graphic Arts
