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Month: March 2014

Climate Change Concern Studio

interactive project by Patrik Qvist

with Tuomo Väänänen, Janika Herlevi, Michel Ruths, Dragos Alexandrescu and Clara Diesen

climate change scenario texts by Dougald Hine

produced by Platform

Climate Change Concern Studio is an interactive art project. The installation is set up like an old- fashioned portrait studio with a landscape backdrop and a couple of lamps for illumination. The participant is asked to consider five different statements about climate change and pick one that he/ she can relate to. Depending on which one is chosen, the participant gets to pick a cardboard sign which reflects this statement. The participant is then photographed against the backdrop and two copies of the image are printed- one for the participant to keep, and one to pin up on the studio wall. The average time needed for the whole process is about five minutes.

Climate Change Concern Studio was first shown in February 2014 at the independent art fair Supermarket in Stockholm. There were more than 500 participating visitors during the three days of the fair, resulting in some 300 portraits on the wall. The participatory element of the installation proved to be an efficient and successful way to engage the audience in a dialogue about a serious topic, while retaining a sense of enjoyment in the process.

For more info, see www.patrikqvist.com.

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HR-Stamenov, Vaasa-Umeå < > Wormhole Connection

The opening of a Wormhole, provoked the appearance of a transport ‘shortcut’ in space-time.
This phenomenon allowed the train to travel between the two cities for only few seconds.

crew:

Marcus Lerviks – Technical assistance, Vaasa
Harri Niskanen – Location coordinator, Vaasa
Jimmy Pulli – Camera and technical assistance, Vaasa
Joakim Vesterlund – Location manager and technical assistance, Umeå
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Platform, Vaasa, Finland
Mira House, Vaasa, Finland
Kulturförening Kretsen, Umeå, Sweden
In cooperation with; Norrporten, Umeå, Sweden

© HR-Stamenov

2014

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Vaasa-Umeå Wormhole Connection

 

On March 12, a strange phenomenon will connect two cities located on the two opposite sides of the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea: Vaasa in Finland and Umeå in Sweden.

A transport corridor, provoked by the opening of a Wormhole, also known as an Einstein–Rosen bridge, which is a hypothetical topological feature of space-time, will create a ‘shortcut’ between the two cities. The phenomenon will allow a Train to appear inside a building in Vaasa, then 3 minutes later in Umeå, then back in Vaasa after 3 min. and after 3 min. again in Umeå…

The observers of the phenomenon will receive a clear evidence for the existence of the Wormhole, and the practical equations from the Theory of General Relativity will be evaluated as possible solutions for transport.

HR-Stamenov, the current artist in residence of Platform, presents this light spectacle.

The immediate attention, which the media installation provokes, leaves the passers-by uncertain of what they have just seen, for the train literally ‘appears’ inside the buildings. The project is an illustration of the scientific theories of time travels and space distortions.

Date: 12.03.2014
Time: Vaasa 19.00–22.00, Umeå 18.00–21.00
Address: Miratalo / Mirahuset, Kirkkopuistikko 34Kyrkoesplanaden 34, Vaasa
Address: Storgatan 38, Umeå

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The project is realized with the kind collaboration of:

PLATFORM, Vaasa www.platform.fi
MIRA House, Vaasa  www.mirahouse.fi
Kulturförening Kretsen, Umeå kretsen.org
Norrporten, Umeå  www.norrporten.se

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