Måndag 04:28 (Monday 04:28), 2025
Siri Tolander
Metalwork and mixed media, 40x15x6cm and 40x80x3cm
The artwork is a growing collection of street signs and small fences. The signs mimic text, numbers and symbols used on Swedish streets but are of alternative mening centered around the hours of the night. They are positioned on abandoned poles that have previously been used for actual street signs and information. Fences are often perceived as practical but are here placed so that there purpose can cause a bit of confusing.
On Site
About the Artist
I am Siri Tolander. Living and working in Stockholm, Sweden.
My art practice centres around sculpture and site specific installations where objects and arrangements represent both a dystopian and utopian view upon the world. Inspiration comes from crude constructions, raw material and the view upon the city as an organic construction. Methods and ideas are partly derived from Foucault's theories on heterotopias and slightly customised situationist methods in exploring and observing their surroundings. I wish to create sites that challenge our view of everyday surroundings. Doing this from a personal perspective. To learn and explore by feeling and moving through space while creating and constructing art.
When working site specific I use materials that exist in or have a connection to the location. Combining expressions from previous projects and explorations with what I see, have access to and experience at the moment.
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