Karin Lindstén

cv


email





On Distance and other Signs I&II
Hd-video 8 min













I ’On distance and other Signs I & II’ utgår jag från den vulkaniska marken på Island. Jag genomför performativa gester och belyser historiska händelser. I centrum står separationen mellan den Europeiska och den Nordamerikanska tektoniska plattan, och likheter i landskapet mellan Island och Mars. Utifrån dessa platser undersöks uppkomsten av melankoli, möjligheten till liv på mars, kontinentaldriften, separation, distans och längtan.




Sömndagboken (The Sleep Journal)

2024
2-channel videoinstallation, HD-video, 42 min

The project is a collaboration between the visual artists Karin Lindstén and Nadja Ericsson.
The video installation The Sleep Journal was screened with live electronics by composer and musician Ola Bergman, at Inter Arts Center, Malmö.

https://iac.lu.se/events/somndagboken-the-sleep-journal/














“Some images: dust, weariness, stones floating to the surface. I couldn’t sleep, so I went down to the birds. It was then that I realized: I was living in the double. Two moons become two eyelids that close. I don’t have much left to say. The stains suddenly turned into swans on dark water. I’ll never forget that. I still had a milk tooth left well into my teenage years. What else has happened? I wanted to tell you about the house, but I can’t remember the proportions. I wanted to tell you about the siblings, but I’ve read too many fairytales. Swan by day, human only by night. Eyes blurry with cataracts, pupils tear-shaped. I wanted to clean here, but the vacuum cleaner was broken.”






Tiergarten at dusk

2022
hd video, 7.30 min
projected on aluminium











En chromakeyblå skärm står utplacerad vid ett vattendrag. En ficklampa söker över buskagen och insekterna följer ljuset. När skärmen lyses upp keyas den ut och en animation av skuggor kontrasteras mot en video av nattfjärilar runt en glödlampa.







Den ljusaste natten (The brightest night)

2023
16 mm film, 4 minute loop