Kajsa Dahlberg
dal 14/11/2006 al 17/2/2007
Segnalato da
14/11/2006
Kajsa Dahlberg
Index - the Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm
A Room of One's Own/A Thousand Libraries, a book project sharing the same name as the exhibition, is a compilation of marginal notes made by readers in the library editions of Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own". The exhibition also features a video.
A Room of One's Own/A Thousand Libraries
Index presents 'A Room of One's Own/A Thousand Libraries², Malmo based
artist Kajsa Dahlberg's first extensive solo show. The exhibition embodies
works permeated by an activist idea of how an individual actually can
appropriate different public spaces, and then operates within them.
'A Room of One's Own/A Thousand Libraries² (2006), a book project sharing
the same name as the exhibition, is a compilation of marginal notes made by
readers in the library editions of Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own',
which was first published by Hogarth Press in '929. The data compiled in the
Dahlberg version of Woolf's text derives from books borrowed by the artist
in public libraries all over Sweden. Each page of the original book has
from out of a large number of the different library books - been manually
copied into a facsimile.
The exhibition also features '20 mins (Female Fist)', 2005, a video that
similar to 'A Room of One's Own/A Thousand Libraries', thematises and
investigates the right to define oneself. Furthermore, the video shows a
resistance to be defined by what is considered being a repressive culture.
In an interview, a female activist tells about a pornographic film project,
made by women only and aimed at women exclusively. Since there is a
strategic value for the protagonist to remain anonymous, the artist has
consciously filmed the interview with the camera's lens cap on.
Kajsa Dahlberg is educated at Malmo Art Academy '998-200', and she studied
at School of Art and Design, University of Illinois at Chicago UIC, in
200'-2002.
Index wishes to express our gratitude to Momentum 2006, 4th Nordic Festival
of Contemporary Art who in collaboration with Index has co-produced the book
project 'A Room of One's Own/A Thousand Libraries². Index is indebted to
Otto Degerman for, together with Kajsa Dahlberg, designing the book.
Finally, Index is grateful to the Arts Grants Committee who has contributed
financially to the book project, and to its participation in Momentum 2006.
An interview with Kajsa Dahlberg will be available at Index homepage.
Opening: 15 November, 5 8 pm
Artist talk with Kajsa Dahlberg at Index 24 January 6 pm
Index
Kungsbro Strand 19 - Stockholm