Site-specific installation 900 x 350 cmThe house and the home had long united my interest in exploring and discussing the significance of places for us in everyday life. The installation would stand there as an impact in the middle of nature and in a place that is usually used as a green area in the middle of a growing city. I chose to build an illustrative image of a classic Nordic home with a colorful facade, two windows, a door, and a roof. This was because I wanted to engage with the people who passed the installation. I wanted to open up dialogue about the importance of the home in our lives, but also as a conversation starter about how we see the home’s influence on our lives, both individually and collectively, as cities and urban communities develop and change.
The project included processes ranging from building and painting myself to hiring 15 people to help construct the structure. The process also involved innovative steps such as temporarily applying for a building permit from Umeå Municipality and a police permit to erect the installation in a public space, as well as snow shoveling. After the fictional house was erected, it was photographed for the staging (länka). The works were later reconstructed for the exhibition at Bildmuseet. PREVIOUS