ONE WEEK IN JANUARY
Documentation by Staffan Jofjell
One week in January
Double exhibition at
Konstfrämjandet Värmland, Karlstad and Kulturföreningen Kolonin, Arvika, SE
10th - 25th of January 2025
Works:
One week in January
Sculpture in steel, ceramics, steel wire
Almost at the same time
Framed double exposed analogue photograph
Abstract memories
Drawings on layers of transparent paper
Exhibition text ENG
Topics fall into one another. Notes on different papers to be able to remember. Layer upon layer,
sheet upon sheet. Memories that fade into each other.
What we have in common in the winter season. What we have in common in rock bottoms and rocking chairs, in short-lived rhythms and days. What we have in common in that memories from this time can become abstract, abstract in the sense that they do not need to be filled with narrative content, they do not need to have a story attached to them.
To let something be, like an anonymous week in January. Where it doesn't have to happen a lot. Where life stands still and rests.
Exhibition text SWE
Ämnen fäster i varandra. Anteckningar på lappar för att komma ihåg. Lager på lager,
ark mot ark. Minnen som bleknar in i varandra.
Det minsta gemensamma i årstiden vintern. Det minsta gemensamma i bottnar och
gungstolar, i kortvariga rytmer och dagar. Det minsta gemensamma i att minnen från
den här tiden kan bli abstrakta, abstrakta i den mening att de inte behöver fyllas med
narrativt innehåll, de behöver inte ha en berättelse som knyts till dem.
Att låta något vara, som en anonym vecka i januari. Där det inte behöver hända så
mycket. Där livet står still och vilar.
One week in January was a time specific and double exhibition in two different towns in Värmland, Sweden.
https://varmland.konstframjandet.se/aktuellt/sara-guldmyr-en-vecka-i-januari
The exhibition was part of Konstfrämjandet Värmland's project “Minsta gemensamma”, which aims to create an expanded democratic conversation with contemporary art in society as a starting point. The project is run with support from the Swedish Arts Council, Karlstad Municipality and Folkrörelsernas konstfrämjande. Thank you to Sara Falkstad, Helene Karlsson and Jan Ove Ekstedt at Konstfrämjandet and Kolonin. Thank you also to Bolt metall who produced the metal construction.
Read article about the exhibition in the local newspaper here:
https://www.arvikanyheter.se/2025/01/15/kolonin-visar-fornimmelser-vill-att-betraktaren-anvander-sin-egen-kansla-de2ec/