Vicissitude

Screen printed floor piece, 120 m2, adaptable
Created together with Monique Martin in 2022
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Screen printed at KKV Göteborg
Supported by SK Arts and Canada Council for the Arts

on the left Estevan Art Gallery, on the right Weyburn Art Gallery (Canada)

Vicissitude is a collaborative installation created together with Canadian artist Monique Martin. The work addresses the devastating effects of climate change, focusing on the elemental forces of Earth, Air, Fire, and Water (including Ice). Through a combination of imagery, Vicissitude explores themes of environmental collapse—like drought, wildfires, storms, and pollution—and challenges viewers to reflect on the human role in these changes. 

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Immersive Experience

Presented on the floor Vicissitude invites viewers to step directly onto the artwork, making them active participants in the piece. This immersive experience breaks down the traditional distance between viewer and artwork, encouraging a more intimate interaction with the themes of climate change. When you walk on the piece, you are not just observing the artwork—you are inside it, experiencing it as a participant.

Vicissitude at Vulkano, Gothenburg 2022

By placing the work on the floor, we also challenge the conventional relationship to art. This decision encourages reflection and careful engagement. As you move on the piece, the act of walking on it becomes a metaphor for our interaction with the earth, prompting thoughts on how we, as individuals, are complicit in its destruction. The physicality of the piece invites a moment of contemplation, slowing down the viewer and encouraging them to pause and reflect.

Vicissitude was first exhibited in Gothenburg 2022 and has thereafter been on an exhibition tour in Canada. The art work has so far been exhibited at Vulkano in Gothenburg, Weyburn Art Council in Weyburn, Cathedral St John the Evangelist in Saskatoon, Snap Gallery in Edmonton, Estevan Art Gallery & Museum in Estevan and Chapel Gallery in North Battleford.

Vicissitude exhibited in Saskatoon Cathedral under a moon by Luke Jerram. Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra performed on top of the floor piece and 15 000 people came and walked on our art piece

The modular panels that make up Vicissitude were designed to be adaptable to different exhibition spaces.