virtual spaces
Artist duo Lundahl & Seitl hold a special position in Sweden's art scene - few Swedish artists today have achieved as much international acclaim, yet they are relatively unknown to the Swedish audience. Therefore, we are extra pleased to present three prints by the artist duo here at ed-art.se.
Since 2003, visual artist Christer Lundahl and choreographer Martina Seitl have worked together under the name Lundahl & Seitl. In their joint work, both of their backgrounds are interwoven to create art where the viewer's ability to perceive and participate are central themes. The works combine stories, instructions, choreography and three-dimensional sound; the viewer steps into the works to experience and become co-creators. Each project is made specifically for a location, situation or medium.
The prints are excerpts from the duo's world of images, transferred to copper plate and printed by hand.
The intaglio print Symphony of a Missing room was created in collaboration with Grafikens hus 2016 and has sprung from the performance work of the same name that has been staged at several museums around the world, including the Royal Academy of the Arts in London, the National Museum in Stockholm and Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India. In the piece, the participants embark on both a collective and a personal journey. The visitors, led by performers, are provided with wireless headphones where a voice guides them out on an physical but also fictional tour through the museum galleries.
Image from the performance piece Symphony of a Missing Room
The prints Max Ernst, Grätenwald, oil on canvas, 1926 & Stephan Huber, Sasso Lungo (Langkofel), plaster sculpture, 2001 - New Original: as remembered by Christer Lundahl and Paul Adolf Seehaus, lighthouse with rotating beam oil on canvas, 1913 & Stephan Huber, Weisshorn, Plaster Sculpture, 2001– New Originals: as remembered by Christer Lundahl are taken from the duo’s work New originals. This performance work was created in 2017 specifically for Kunstmuseum Bonn. In the exhibition, Lundahl & Seitl invited the visitor to reflect on the origin of images and the development of memory. Where do pictures originate and how do we remember them? What role do original and copy play? The visitor was led around the extensive galleries of Museum Bonn, guided by a voice as well as by external stimuli such as light and three-dimensional sound. The visitor was invited to remember previously experienced works of art and to recreate them in the mind. In this virtual space of endless possibilities, the visitor alone was the witness, judging what was real.
Christer Lundahl with printmaker Jenny Olsson (photo: Grafikens hus)
