Louise Sparre Interpersonal Sphere

Louise Sparre, Organism, 2018
Louise Sparre, Organism, 2018

[ENGLISH]

Louise Sphere
Interpersonal Sphere

23โ€“25 August 2019

Curated by Alice Mรกselnรญkovรก

Vernissage: Friday 23rd August, 17โ€“22
Opening hours: Saturdayโ€“Sunday 11โ€“19
Artist talk by Louise Sparre: Saturday 24th August, 17โ€“18*

Address: Rรฅggatan 4, 118 59 Stockholm
2 floor on the right, metro Skanstull or bus 3/4/74 bus stop Eriksdal
Upon arrival ring Ribbung on the doorbell / call Alice at 0728 49 29 89

*Extra invitation! On Saturday 24th at 19.00 there is an artists talk by Terese Mรถrnvik och Teresia Oweson as part of their exhibition ‘Navigation’ at Candyland gallery in the vicinity. We invite you for a merry collective walk starting at Flat Octopus at 18.45 full of additional art chat.

Facebook event HERE!


EXHIBITION TEXT

Interpersonal Sphere is a special exhibition for both Louise Sparre and me. When we started to plan it several months back, it felt like a daunting challenge. It is the first exhibition organised by Flat Octopus, and therefore one that sets to find our collective ways of working and collaborating. The close contact that is demanded between the artist and the curator is something quite unique. For several days prior to the exhibition, the artist is invited to the curatorโ€™s apartment โ€“ which is later to become the exhibition venue โ€“ to inhabit the space, and get a sense of its routines, motions and atmosphere. In such conditions, an intimate interpersonal communication between the two parties has a fundamental role in producing an exhibition that is conceivably strengthened by the closeness of the relationship and the space surrounding it.

We cannot directly observe a relationship as such; what we can see is only its demonstration in a form of communication, from which we can deduct further conclusions. Similarly, the way in which objects are conveyed to us depends on many variable factors; what kind of objects they are, what they look like, by whom and for what purpose they have been made, how they are connected or what meaning they contain. Louise Sparreโ€™s artworks have the benefit of simultaneously addressing the viewer, touching each other and sharing an internal dialogue, each self-standing in its own way but all being part of a kindred species.

We can follow a clearly set pattern throughout Sparreโ€™s art practice, for whom the body is always the focal point and the sole prerequisite for sensation and thinking. Bodies โ€“ and not just the human ones โ€“ are a pretty strange thing, functioning in their own inner ways, their cores mysterious for most of us. Every one of them has a function to fulfill, a reason to be here and in this shape. The sole scale of different surfaces, textures and forms that can be found on a body is fascinating. Sparreโ€™s objects mimic this variety of form and purpose. Smooth, membranous or hairy, shedding skin cells and regrowing, all of the art pieces communicate their belonging to a strange breathing organism. The choice of the materials reflects the shifting nature of the objects, equally fragile and violent, delicate and crude, wanting to be seen and wanting to be left alone.

Interpersonal Sphere deliberately preserves the presence of someone using the exhibition venue in their daily life. The exhibition does not try to eliminate the human presence that has made an imprint on the interior, its moods and scents. Instead, the objects try to find their own space amidst the remains of someone elseโ€™s cells, interconnect them and communicate the new and existing relationships. They adapt to their surroundings, and alter it at the same time.

Alice Mรกselnรญkovรก, curator


BIOGRAPHY

Louise Sparre (b. 1977, Brรธrup, Denmark) is an artist and co-founder of the artist-run exhibition space KH7artspace in Aarhus. She holds an MA from the Funen Art Academy in Odense. Sparreโ€™s artistic practice centres around the sculptural in a wide range of materials, mixing organic components with their artificial counterparts. Her works are mostly site-specific and often combine multiple sculptural elements that are fitted within their surroundings and merged into a unified whole. In recent years she has been experimenting with performance art as integrated in or interacting with her artworks. Sparre has exhibited at Borรฅs International Sculpture Biennale, Sweden; Metro Arts, Brisbane; Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney; Den Frie Center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; Kunsthal Aarhus; Kunsten Aalborg; Floating Art, Vejle, and she has a permanent sculpture in Skovsnogen โ€“ Deep Forest Artland.


[SWEDISH]

Louise Sparre
Interpersonal Sphere
23โ€“25 augusti 2019

Vernissage: fredag 23 augusti, 17โ€“22
Konstnรคrssamtal: lรถrdag 24 augusti, 17โ€“18
ร–ppettider: lรถrdagโ€“sรถndag 11โ€“19

Adress: Rรฅggatan 4, vรฅning 2 pรฅ hรถger sida, tunnelbanestation Skanstull eller buss 3/4/74, station Eriksdal.
Ring till “Ribbung” via kodpanelen vid dรถrren eller till Alice pรฅ nummer 0728 49 29 89 fรถr att komma in.

*Extra inbjudan! Pรฅ lรถrdag den 24e, klockan 19.00, kommer det ske ett konstnรคrssamtal med Terese Mรถrnvik och Teresia Oweson som en del av utstรคllningen ‘Navigation’ pรฅ galleri Candyland i nรคromrรฅdet. Vi bjuder in vรฅra besรถkare till en gemensam promenad frรฅn Flat Octopus till Candyland kl 18.45, fรถr en kvรคll fylld av ytterligare konstsamtal!


Utstรคllningstext

Interpersonal Sphere รคr en speciell utstรคllning fรถr bรฅde Louise Sparre och mig. Nรคr vi bรถrjade med planeringen fรถr flera mรฅnader sedan kรคndes det som en skrรคmmande utmaning. Det รคr den fรถrsta utstรคllningen som organiseras av Flat Octopus och dรคrfรถr en som syftar till att finna vรฅra kollektiva sรคtt att arbeta och samarbeta. Den nรคra kontakten som krรคvs mellan konstnรคren och curatorn รคr nรฅgot helt unikt. Under flera dagar fรถre utstรคllningen bjuds konstnรคren in till curatorns lรคgenhet, vilket senare ska bli utstรคllningsplatsen, fรถr att bebo utrymmet och fรฅ en kรคnsla fรถr dess rutiner, rรถrelser och atmosfรคr. I en sรฅdan kontext spelar en intim interpersonell kommunikation mellan de tvรฅ parterna en grundlรคggande roll i produktionen av utstรคllningen, som stรคrks av relationens nรคrhet och av omgivningen.

Vi kan inte observera ett fรถrhรฅllande direkt i sig sjรคlvt; vad vi kan se รคr bara dess manifestation i form av kommunikation, frรฅn vilken vi kan dra ytterligare slutsatser. Pรฅ liknande sรคtt ser vi att hur objekt kommuniceras till oss beror pรฅ mรฅnga variabler, sรฅsom vilken typ av objekt de รคr, hur de ser ut, av vem och fรถr vilket syfte de har skapats, hur de รคr sammankopplade och vilka innebรถrder de bรคr pรฅ. Louise Sparres konstverk har fรถrdelen att pรฅ en och samma gรฅng tilltala betraktaren, rรถra varandra och delta tillsammans i en intern dialog; varje objekt sjรคlvstรคndigt pรฅ sitt sรคtt men alla en del av motsvarande art.

Det gรฅr att fรถlja ett klart mรถnster genom Sparres konstnรคrliga verksamhet; kroppen stรฅr alltid i huvudfokus och agerar som den enda fรถrutsรคttningen fรถr kรคnsla och tรคnkande. Kroppar โ€“ och inte bara de mรคnskliga โ€“ รคr konstiga ting som fungerar enligt sina egna inre logiker och deras kรคrnor รคr mystiska fรถr de flesta av oss. Var och en av dem har en funktion att fylla och en anledning att vara precis hรคr, i just denna form. Omfรฅnget av de olika ytor, texturer och dimensioner som finns att finna pรฅ en kropp รคr fascinerande och Sparres objekt efterliknar denna variation av former och funktioner. Slรคta, membranรถsa eller hรฅriga, fรถrlorande sina hudceller och รฅtervรคxande kommunicerar alla konstverken sin tillhรถrighet till en underlig andningsorganism. Valet av material reflekterar den flytande natur hos objekten som รคr likaledes รถmtรฅlig och hรคftig, kรคnslig och grov; de vill ses och samtidigt bli lรคmnade i fred.

Interpersonal Sphere bevarar medvetet nรคrvaron av nรฅgon som anvรคnt utstรคllningsplatsen i sitt dagliga liv. Utstรคllningen fรถrsรถker inte eliminera den mรคnskliga nรคrvaro som gjort intryck pรฅ interiรถren, dess stรคmning och dofter. Istรคllet fรถrsรถker objekten hitta sitt eget utrymme mitt bland resterna av nรฅgon annans kroppsceller, koppla samman dem och kommunicera bรฅde de nya och redan existerande relationerna. De anpassar sig till sin omgivning och fรถrรคndrar den pรฅ samma gรฅng.

Alice Mรกselnรญkovรก, curator

Biografi

Louise Sparre (f. 1977, Brรธrup, Danmark) รคr konstnรคr, med magisterexamen frรฅn Funen Art Academy i Odense, och en av grundarna till det konstnรคrsdrivna utstรคllningsutrymmet KH7artspace i Aarhus. Sparres konstnรคrliga praktik utgรฅr frรฅn det skulpturala i en bred variation av material dรคr hon blandar det organiska med sina artificiella motparter. Hennes verk รคr oftast platsspecifika och kombinerar flertalet skulpturala element, dรคr verk och omgivningar samverkar fรถr att skapa en gemensam helhet. Under senare รฅr har Sparre experimenterat med performancekonst, integrerat i eller interagerande med konstverken. Sparre har tidigare stรคllt ut pรฅ Borรฅs International Sculpture Biennale, Sverige; Metro Arts, Brisbane; Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney; Den Frie Center for Contemporary Art, Kรถpenhamn; Kunsthal Aarhus; Kunsten Aalborg; Floating Art, Vejle; och hon stรคller ut en permanent skulptur i Skovsnogen โ€“ Deep Forest Artland.


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Supported by Nordisk Kulturfond