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.
16 mm archival footage from multiple sources has been reworked and assembled into a triptych in an ultra-wide format. The expanded image area was achieved through a custom digitization process in which the edges of the film strip were alternately masked during re-recording and subsequently combined into a single extended image.
The video traces a prismatic journey: from sea to desert, through the solar system and into deep space, arriving at a new world and a new horizon.
Music composed and performed by Matti Bye, The Window Through Clouds (2024).
Rickard Eklund (*1987, SE) is an artist that mainly works with sculpture, print-making and film around reoccurring themes of perception and perspective, inspired by dreams, sci-fi, ancient art, scientific artifacts and visual effects.
His experimental work continually explore new artistic tools and techniques, while also often using found objects and images that he alters through filtering, reframing and incorporating into new structures.
Eklund lives and works between Stockholm and Gothenburg, received a master from Valand Academy in 2014 and has since also studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. His work has been continually been exhibited domestically and internationally and he has also been recognized for his work with record covers and music videos. His work is included in the collection of the Swedish Public Art Agency.
