3-19 december 2021
MEMBER /EXHIBITION GALLERI 54, Gothenburg

9-12 December 2021
UPPLAGA 4, NEJD Gothenburg
ARTIST BOOKS AND ZINES Fair

laughter moves back and forth with variations, just like the waves in the ocean

by using the process of drawing I depict laughter

to portray laughter over time I erase and redraw

changes are not to seek a perfect depiction of laughter, but the depiction itself

During five weeks I made five big drawings of laughter (130 x 100 cm). I started on Mondays and drew, erased, drew, erased and drew again – and on Fridays I stopped. I photographed the process in ever changing daylight and each drawing resulted in more than hundred photos. The fifth and last drawing was utterly uninteresting during all the process and thus didn’t make as an art piece.

Days of Laughter I-IV exist in several forms – as drawings, a set of 4 artist books in a box –  and as animations/projections.

2017
form cut mdf/plywood and tiles

version I
form cut mdf,  2016

version II
form cut aluminum, 2017
bigger – and with a new party participant

2016
form cut mdf

film projection 2015
animation in loop (4 min 28 sec)

click on image to see film clip