9/4/2002
Johan Thurfjell
St Paulsgatan 3, Stockholm
Johan Thurfjell's exhibition is part of Index projects - smaller scale exhibitions running parallel with the our ordinary exhibition programme. In his new work, Johan Thurfjell is inspired by eight stories about dreams.
Johan Thurfjell
Johan Thurfjell's family has many storytellers, something he has made
use of in earlier works. One example is the work made for Index Edition
1998: a CD with his father, Bengt Thurfjell, retelling the film 'Jaws'. In his
new work, Johan Thurfjell is inspired by eight stories about dreams. He
describes his own work as follows:
"There is a place outside Norrtälje that really means a lot to me. The little,
red house there was built by my grandfather's grandfather, who dragged
the logs over the ice at the turn of the last century. Since then, it's been a
wonderful summer getaway for four generations of my relatives. I've spent
time there every year since I was born. Often when I am dreaming,
everything is staged around this place, regardless of what the dream is
about.
In the work, "Eight dreams and the Places Dreamt About", I've constructed
a model of this place from memory, as well as what I remember from the
dreams that were staged there. The exact location where each dream was
played out is marked on the model. I want to give a viewer the chance of
perceiving these dreams and getting some kind of overview about them.
I've chosen to make a realistic landscape model because it awakens my
fantasy about being able to fly, a fantasy I think I share with a lot of people."
Johan Thurfjell
Johan Thurfjell's exhibition is part of Index projects - smaller scale
exhibitions running parallel with the our ordinary exhibition programme.
Opening 10 April, 4 - 6 p.m.
Opening hours: tuesday - sunday 12 -4 pm
St Paulsgatan 3, Stockholm
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