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The mother stands by a sunlit window in backlight, recently moved to a nursing home. She has Alzheimer’s and has difficulty recognising her surroundings, but when the daughter films her, the mother recognises her daughter. The daughter tries to use the camera to let the sun pierce through her mother’s head in search of the memory of her mother.
Participant: Anna Ström 1928-2015
Born in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1964. Lives and works in London, UK.
Annika Ström received her education at the Copenhagen art academy between 1991 and 1997. She works mainly with videos which come accompanied by her own soundtracks; with these soundtracks, she’s given several concerts and recorded three LP’s. Annika Ström’s videos deal with themes taken from her immediate surroundings, such as personal everyday habits and social conduct, often presented in a documentary format, mixed with herself acting out monologues or songs.
Recent years exhibitions include The gallery, Vijay Patel Building, Leicester, AK Dolven, Lofoten, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, CAAC, Seville, Jönköping Konsthal among many others.