© Katarina Pirak Sikku/Bildupphovsrätt 2025
Gállok - Kallak
Artist
Katarina Pirak Sikku
(Sverige, född 1965)
Date2013
MediumSynthetic fiber cloth
DimensionsVarierande mått
ClassificationSculptures, Installations
Credit LinePurchase 2017 with contribution from The Österlind Foundation
Countries
On view
StockholmRoomGallery 01:16
Object NumberMOM/2017/24
About the artworkA ground cloth with barely discernible traces
of car tyres, and of dirt that has penetrated the
fabric from the reverse side, bears witness to conflict.
When test blasting for mineral extraction
was carried out in Gállok/Kallak outside Jokkmokk
in northern Sweden in 2013, many people
protested against the exploitation of nature.
During one of the police interventions, Katarina
Pirak Sikku laid out ground cloths on the road.
As police officers, protesters, prosecutors and
representatives of the mining company walked
and drove over the surface, it was filled with
tracks. A contemporary
“frottage” of sorts – an
impression that speaks both of what lies beneath
the earth and the events unfolding above: a testimony
of the land.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Manipulera världen (den 21 oktober 2017 - den 21 januari 2018) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Manipulera världen : Aktivera Öyvind Fahlström : [Moderna Museet 22/10 2017-17/5 2018]Manipulate The World : Connecting Öyvind Fahlström : [Moderna Museet 22/10 2017-17/5 2018]
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Manipulera världen (den 21 oktober 2017 - den 21 januari 2018) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Manipulera världen : Aktivera Öyvind Fahlström : [Moderna Museet 22/10 2017-17/5 2018]Manipulate The World : Connecting Öyvind Fahlström : [Moderna Museet 22/10 2017-17/5 2018]