Akt
Artist
Karolina Erlingsson
(Sverige, född 1980)
Alternate Title
- Act
Date2011
MediumLjudinstallation med två ljudspår
ClassificationAudio Art
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Countries
Object NumberMOM/2021/110
CollectionsRecent Acquisitions, Svenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkKarolina Erlingsson’s works of art often focus on themes relating to time, place, body and memory. Along with ideas on narrative, translating and interpreting. In the sound installation Act, Erlingsson has translated a previous text-based work with the same title into tones heard from two loudspeakers. The voices communicate with each other using the ancient vocal technique of kulning, a way of singing that was historically used to round up free-grazing livestock, for instance around the fäbod hill farms, and to send messages across great distances. In Erlingsson’s subtle work, kulning becomes an echo with existential undertones:
“Where are you?”
“Are you?”
“Are you here?”
“Here?”
“I don’t remember you.”
“You?”
“Did you vanish?”
“Vanish?”
“Are you here?”
“Here?”
“Where are you?”
“Are you?”
Description Översättning från text till ljud: Karolina Erlingsson och Josefine Erlingsson Röst: Josefine Erlingsson
“Where are you?”
“Are you?”
“Are you here?”
“Here?”
“I don’t remember you.”
“You?”
“Did you vanish?”
“Vanish?”
“Are you here?”
“Here?”
“Where are you?”
“Are you?”
Description Översättning från text till ljud: Karolina Erlingsson och Josefine Erlingsson Röst: Josefine Erlingsson