SOUTHNORD X FOTOGRAFISKA: SELF-IMAGE AND EXPERIMENTAL SONIC WEAVING
Southnord collaborates with Fotografiska, activating the Cindy Sherman exhibition with an evening of artist talks and experimental performance on 21 March 2024. Southnord has invited Rise and Shoot, a platform empowering young photographers, to present their work. The evening will be topped off with a fusion of the practices ofartist, musician and composer João Renato Orecchia Zúñigaand artist and performance weaver Marcia Harvey Isaksson.
Visual Diaries: Chronicles of the Self is an exhibition featuring eight young photographers: Ali Malim, Hamsa Abdelgadir, Hayat Dualeh, Issra Dziri, Nemo Bergström, Kendra Salas Wahlberg, Sucdi Said och Thisbe Freerks who all participated in Rise and Shoot’s year-long photography course in 2023. Through every image, the students describe their personal journeys, question stereotypes and create dialogue around self-imag and self-perception. Based in Järva, Rise and Shoot works to realise creative ideas of young people with passion for photographing with the aim of enabling pathways into the industry and promote diversity in creative rooms.
João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga, acclaimed for his experimental approach to music making, explores sound’s connective capacities through both its physical properties and material preconscious properties, seeking a balance between computer technology, field recordings and traditional musical instruments. Marcia Harvey Isaksson uses textile techniques and methods to investigate our common cultural heritage. She uses weaving looms in public spaces as a tool to explore the architecture of both the loom and the space, as well as a creating opportunities for dialogue and memory work together with visitors. The duo connect a synthesiser and a loom. As patterns emerge on the loom, so do sonic patterns emerge in the three dimensions of the performance space, creating aconversation between the workers and the tools: weaver, loom, synthesiser, synthesist.
Southnord founder, Marcia Harvey Isaksson, says, "This collaboration with Fotografiska embodies our commitment to celebrating diversity in artistic expression. Through photography,music andweaving,we illuminate the nuanced narratives that shape our perceptions of self and society."
The event takes place on 21 March 2024, from 18:00 to 22:00. Please RSVP latest by 19 March if you wish to attend.
For questions and high-resolution images, please contact:
Georgètte Dwomoh-Appiah
Project Coordinator
georgette@southnord.com
+46 72 833 94 33
Or: hello@southnord.com