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Empty Vessels (screening version)
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Petra Lindholm

Created during the artist’s stay in Kathmandu, Nepal, Empty Vessels is a continuation of Petra Lindholm’s interest in the symbol of the mountain. The video follows in the thoughts and footsteps of climbers as they ascend one of the highest mountains in the world. Images of distant mountain peaks suggest that the satisfaction of reaching the summit will be short-lived—that the climber’s desire for greater heights is unquenchable, much like contemporary society’s constant desire for new thrills.

Aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9)
Prod. format Generic HD-video
Duration 00:07:11
Language English
Color Color
Year 2016
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About the artist

Petra Lindholm

Petra Lindholm (b. 1973 in Karis, Finland) lives and works in Småland, Sweden. She is educated at the Royal Institute of Arts in Stockholm (1996–2001). She has exhibited at galleries, museums and institutions in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Italy and the US. Petra Lindholm works mainly with video, textile and sound. Her films do not have a specific narrative structure. They are focused on nuances and changes in color and image; which creates a tense atmosphere rather than a clear-cut story. Lindholm often depicts situations that are easily recognizable or phenomena in the environment, where the real and ordinary things seem unreal. She composes the music for the films and sings herself. In 2001 she received the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation’s Artist Award, 2002 the FilmForm Award and in 2006 she won third prize in the Carnegie Art Award. In 2018 the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm awarded her the prestigious Axel Theofron Sandberg Prize. Her works are represented in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Malmö Konstmuseum, Borås Konstmuseum, Västerås Konstmuseum, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki. EMMA–Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland, ProArtibus, Finland among others. In recent years she has completed a number of larger public commissions working with site-specific sculptures and installations.

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