Safekeeping, 2025
Video on TV, colour/sound, loop of 2’28”
Installation view: as part of group exhibition Escargatoire, Snails, Oslo, NO.
(Featuring: Anna Clawson, Doris Guo, Ina Hagen, Martin Aagaard Hansen, Miriam Hansen, Nora Joung, Kaja Krakowian, Mathew Lacosse, Elise Macmillan, Mickael Marman, Mariusz Maslanka, Jonatan Nilsson, Nikhil Vettukattil, Agatha Wara, Nicole Ward)
Combination of a short text & a phone video message.
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^ A3 Poster for Escargatoire group exhibition taped to Snails front door
- Full text displayed in video:
The rolled poster at the foot of my bed is an artwork
A friend who is a gallery technician kindly saved it for me
(leftovers from an exhibition by an artist I admire)
It was made for a much larger space than where it is now
For almost ten months it has been standing in the corner of my bedroom
Since being in my possession it has transformed
Once large and outstretched it is now compact and sculptural
It assumes this form as it is too big for my home
It stands as a beacon of hope that one day I will live somewhere with ample room to expose it
I contemplate getting rid of it to make space for something else
But having never been given such a sizable artwork before I am inclined to hold onto it
Except for an edge peeking out, its content is concealed
Having not unrolled it since placing it here, I no longer remember what is inside
It is merely consuming space
Photos: Courtesy of the artist