"Fluxit"
LED light installation by Vendel & de Wolf - Netherlands
Location: City Park
The renowned artist couple Vendel & Wolf have been working together for several years. Their installations are based on how natural phenomena relate to the (in)visible, and to time. Every work they do is an adventure. In the city there is a growing need to collect. In many cultures, building a fire plays a central role in making connections: to celebrate, to mark a moment of change or initiation, or to chase away the evil spirits. To burn the past and welcome the future, or just to gather around and warm up!
"Artificial Truth"
Light sculpture by Merijn Bolink - Netherlands
2 locations: Hamngatan 5
Köpmangatan 3
Merijn Bolink is a poet, alchemist and IT specialist all in one. He discovers and creates hybrid objects: crosses between nature and virtual reality. The resulting sculptures often reflect on the context of the original object. ‘I try to reveal the soul of the objects’, as he says. This matchbox figure has been created entirely from a computer model. In doing so, he examines his own role as a visual artist in a world that is steadily moving towards a fully digital reality.
Merijn Bolink is represented at Arvika Ljus! with 2 works at 2 separate locations. The works are however strongly related. ‘Artificial Matchbox’, is a miniature sculpture of a luminous matchbox lying on an old newspaper. The matchbox is completely recalculated and randomly changed by an Artificial Intelligence app. Using modern digital techniques, he examines his own role as an artist in the world today. At the same time, the magazine points to the constant movement of the present going into the past.
”Dove, Hope”
Gobo projection by Ainu Palmu - Finland
Location: Hamngatan 11
"The Car Show"
LED light installation by Anne Roininen - Finland
3 locations: - Parking Fabrikssgatan / Hamngatan
– Kyrkogatan 35
– Järnvägstationen
Our relationship with cars is constantly changing. In terms of ecology and how we use cities, cars have gone from a symbol of luxury, to objects that divide opinion. By turning the cars into light sculptures, Roininen summons up mechanical ghosts that seem abandoned, lost and out of another time.
Anne Roininen creates conceptual, socially charged, spatial artworks using a variety of techniques, ranging from sculpture to dialogue. She is fascinated by everyday phenomena and explores the urban world, garden cities and the nature of objects.
"Whispering Sense"
Video projection by Linnéa Norberg - Sweden
Location: Storgatan 32
Linnea Norberg's complex and immersive video works emerge intuitively during the process of creation. Through abstract ‘floating’ movements, she wants to challenge space and distort time. She is inspired by human existence and its complex nature. ‘I want to create a space that can touch on different dimensions of our inner world, such as philosophical and anthroposophical questions. What does it mean to be human?’
"I love me"
Neon sign and performance by Felice Hapetzeder - Sweden
Location: Arvika Torg
The success stories and body ideals conveyed mainly in social media have created voids of loneliness and
feelings of inferiority. ‘I love me’ wants to stroke our cheek, to say it's okay to be you. Try saying it.
Felice Hapetzeder's media are video art, installation, performance and photography. Much of his work can be read as the expression of a marginal voice, an independent channel outside the dominant narratives.
"Individual Anarchy"
Light sculpture by Lin de Mol - Netherlands
Location: Crossing Storgatan / Magasinsgatan
A pair of trainers is simply thrown over an electricity cable. This typical ‘urban phenomenon’ represents a symbol of personal anarchy and an expression of individual freedom, says Lin de Mol: ‘A playful gesture combined with a willingness to be vulnerable: throwing away the shoes also means going barefoot after.’
Lin de Mol is a multimedia artist working with sculpture, photography and light. She was born and educated in Amsterdam at the Rietveld Akademie and Rijksakademie and lives in Värmland since 2014.
"Changing Patterns"
Video projection by Julia Rio and Björn Assedahl
Location: Storgatan 22B
Julia Riordan is a mural and textile artist working primarily in public spaces. Björn Assedahl is a freelance animator and illustrator, and together the artist duo have collaborated on several murals, this time through animation, where Julia's abstract and playful imagery is interpreted by Björn. In this work, they want to spread hope, warmth and colour in public spaces.
"”Men vore jag ett träd skulle jag bara stå där i vinden”
Window installation by Ann-Catrin Ollson - Sweden
Location: Kyrkogatan 42
Ann-Catrin Olsson works with sculpture and installation. Her work is based on everyday movements that tell us something about our experiences of inhabiting a body. Central to her practice is the question: how do materials affect our future movement patterns? In the work, she uses a camouflage net of reflective fabric that is activated when light falls on it from specific angles and instead of hiding something, the net draws attention to what is underneath.
