Annika Holmér

Different Structures (2005-2006)

For some time, chairs and benches in weird constellations haunted me, where the objects were acting like people and reflecting different power structures. A bench in a city, how does it affect us? Wes it down, assume the position of a spectator, look around, and are transported out from the speed and stress of the big city. If someone is already sitting on a bench most people will avoid taking a seat on the same bench. Conventions in social interactions sometimes hinder a genuine conversation. Are we aware of power structures in public space? The everyday is structured into routiness. Boredom and fatigure are the resulting conditions from a habitual life. There is always a right way and hence also a wrong way to behave. The Pavilion emerged from observing these situations. On the Grass  och Outside the Ring were exhibited at the Marabouparken Annex in 2006.  The Most Forbidden I  och The Most Forbidden II were shown during the Spring Salon at Liljevalchs Konsthall in 2007.