Filmform (est. 1950) is dedicated to preservation, promotion and worldwide distribution of experimental film and video art. Constantly expanding, the distribution catalogue spans from 1924 to the present, including works by Sweden’s most prominent artists and filmmakers, available to rent for public screenings and exhibitions as well as for educational purposes.
With ten years behind me as a professional breakdancer, I wanted to perform one last act, a middle-aged ritual with a tumultuous peak. The location is E18 north of Hjulsta in the direction of Enköping.
My artistry revolves around stages of decay, becoming and movements towards life or death. I navigate parts of art history, ecology and metaphysics through knowledge I have acquired over many years as an ornithologist and insect collector. At the same time, I have a past as a professional breakdancer and a genuine interest in urban subculture.
In my work, I draw inspiration from a simultaneous presence in these two camps. I try to create my own kind of mythology where fragments of nature and civilization form a third fused alternative where the present, origin and potential future are linked.
I look for phenomena and occurrences in nature that take on a universal and poetic dimension when these are conveyed through a certain material or artistic technique. The narrative element that often appears in my work stems partly from the self-experienced – childhood memories, nature studies, field notes – and partly from mythology, folk beliefs, and the forms of representation and imagery associated with both legends and the recording of history. I was born in 1969 in Uppsala, and live and work in Stockholm and Enköping.