En Outlet
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En Outlet, 2024
Videoinstallation, Textile, Ink, Metal, Wood
Photographs by Oscar Häggström, Emil Sandström, Rebecca Lindsmyr & Desireé Burenstrand
En Outlet, 2024
Videoinstallation, Textile, Ink, Metal, Wood
Photographs by Oscar Häggström, Emil Sandström, Rebecca Lindsmyr & Desireé Burenstrand
The exhibition is inspired by my time and experiences working in the service industry, primarily in a clothing store. These experiences have led me to reflect on optimization and its connection to identity, namely how our identity and worth are judged based on labor and consumption. My time in various part-time jobs outside of my artistic practice has also influenced how I view work outside of the cultural sector—a so-called "bread job"—and how the dynamics between this and artistic work unfold. All of these thoughts have inspired each of the sequences that make up the installation.
Jogg your mind
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Jogg your mind, 2023
Interactive AR
Photographs by Sveriges Konstföreningar & Oscar Häggström
Jogg your mind, 2023
Interactive AR
Photographs by Sveriges Konstföreningar & Oscar Häggström
What happens to the individual when we increasingly allow ourselves to be reduced to identifiable and communicable symbols on a screen? To represent one's entire self through an image. The piece draws its inspiration from questions surrounding optimization and objectification prevalent in fitness cultures such as "fitspo" and "fitspiration". The artwork is presented around running routes, such as a classic illuminated track found throughout Sweden. Once there, you will be able to meet and jog together with a character in the app. The duration of your "training" with the character will be documented and logged, enabling you to see others' results and statistics. With this piece, I aim to address our relationship with perfection and how the inherent pursuit of it is utilized and rewarded by various corporations.
Döm mig
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Döm mig, 2023
Video installation, Animation, Wood
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
Döm mig, 2023
Video installation, Animation, Wood
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
The exhibition is based on my visit to the oncology department at NUS after an illness in February 2017.
I have worked with various video scenes that depict the sequence of events before and after the visit.
During the work, I have tried different ways to depict how a body can be treated and how a body can be "animated" in different ways.
What happens to the human behind when we allow ourselves to be reduced more and more to identifiable and communicable signs over a screen?
Did you see me yesterday?
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Did you see me yesterday?, 2022
Video installation, animation, video, wood, fabric, cinema chairs
Photographs by Mikael Lundgren & Oscar Häggström
Did you see me yesterday?, 2022
Video installation, animation, video, wood, fabric, cinema chairs
Photographs by Mikael Lundgren & Oscar Häggström
The work is a collage of different films intertwined into a story about identity in a dynamic and increasingly digital world. During the project, I stuck to the term "profilicity", which means that we live in a world where our identities are no longer based on "our true self," but instead, our identities are based on something that can be equated with a personal brand. We constantly shape our identities based on an abstract audience. The term has helped me select my animations and has also become a common thread throughout the film.
The video is projected next to dismantled cinema chairs and broken carpets. The cinema chairs are not only a sculptural element in the installation but will also serve as a projection screen for animations depicting blinking staring eyes. With the installation, I want to reinforce the film's plot and that the objects are in some way associated with performance and acting.
Wood (or how I learned to grow)
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Wood (or how I learned to grow), 2021
Nostalgic wood taken from cabin near Östersjön, Animation, Electronic, Steel
Photographs by Desiree Burenstrand
Wood (or how I learned to grow), 2021
Nostalgic wood taken from cabin near Östersjön, Animation, Electronic, Steel
Photographs by Desiree Burenstrand
Wood (or how I learned to grow) is an installation inspired by fantasy and rave culture, which deals with themes surrounding meritocracy and the different mindsets it evokes.
fire in me, activity in you
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fire in me, activity in you, 2021
Interactive video installation, motion-capture, wood, electronic
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
fire in me, activity in you, 2021
Interactive video installation, motion-capture, wood, electronic
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
Made for the show "no ghosts need apply"
Gothard part 1: The Source & Gothard part 2: The Trip
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Gothard part 1: The Source & Gothard part 2: The Trip, 2021
Paint, Steel, Plastic, Canvas, Animation, Electronics
Photographs by Oscar Häggström & Grälls Johan Kvarnström
Gothard part 1: The Source & Gothard part 2: The Trip, 2021
Paint, Steel, Plastic, Canvas, Animation, Electronics
Photographs by Oscar Häggström & Grälls Johan Kvarnström
A collaborative project between Grälls Johan Kvarnström and Oscar Häggström which merge their two individual artistic practices.
The project flows into an exhibition in two parts; first, online, through a 360° tour, showing documentation of a piece made in an empty cabin in the outskirts of Umeå and then a one-day exhibition in Malmö.
PC: "Yo man... I'm tired". NPC: "What's wrong, you can't hang?
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PC: "Yo man... I'm tired". NPC: "What's wrong, you can't hang?, 2020
Animation, Electronic
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
PC: "Yo man... I'm tired". NPC: "What's wrong, you can't hang?, 2020
Animation, Electronic
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
2016 became NPC: Non playable character, a meme used both satirically and apolitical to describe herd mentality among leftists and right-wing sympathizers. The term is taken from video game and role-playing aesthetics and stands for an individual who is pre-programmed and does not think for himself.
The concept has been used as an inspiration and method for exploring masculinity. The video installation is a result of various associations linked to the subject.
The Drama of Fake Girl (and Scene)
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The Drama of Fake Girl (and Scene), 2020
Video, sound, animation, electronic, wood
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
The Drama of Fake Girl (and Scene), 2020
Video, sound, animation, electronic, wood
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
The drama of a fake girl (and scene) is about facades, the ones you build against other people, and yourself. Measures that are nothing but constructions and how you use them to edit yourself in a public/private sphere.
Can it be more concrete?
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Can it be more concrete?, 2021
Cellular plastic, Wood, Concrete, Glue, Paper, Plastic flower.
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
Can it be more concrete?, 2021
Cellular plastic, Wood, Concrete, Glue, Paper, Plastic flower.
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
Work made for Al Dente sculpture show 2021.
To Live Until You Die
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To Live Until You Die, 2020
Video, Towels, Steel, Xbox 360 parts, electronic
Photographs by Erik Gustafsson & Christoffer Sörqvist
To Live Until You Die, 2020
Video, Towels, Steel, Xbox 360 parts, electronic
Photographs by Erik Gustafsson & Christoffer Sörqvist
The work is produced for the show AEROSOL, SAGE, INTENT: UNLOCK, being exhibited at Göteborgs Konstförening.
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man, I’m peeking through the blinds like it’s no tomorrow, an epilogue
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man, I’m peeking through the blinds like it’s no tomorrow, an epilogue, 2019
Video installation, Wood, Dirt, Falu red paint spraycan.
Photographs by Hendrik Zeitler
man, I’m peeking through the blinds like it’s no tomorrow, an epilogue, 2019
Video installation, Wood, Dirt, Falu red paint spraycan.
Photographs by Hendrik Zeitler
Part of the exhibition "the paranoid is never entirely mistaken".
an affected symphony mp4.
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an affected symphony mp4., 2019
Animation, Electronic, Dirt, Wood, Steel
Photographs by Hendrik Zeitler
an affected symphony mp4., 2019
Animation, Electronic, Dirt, Wood, Steel
Photographs by Hendrik Zeitler
Part of the exhibition "the paranoid is never entirely never mistaken".
a land is flowing with milk and honey loading...
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a land is flowing with milk and honey loading..., 2019
Video, Electronic, Honey loops, Cardboard
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
a land is flowing with milk and honey loading..., 2019
Video, Electronic, Honey loops, Cardboard
Photographs by Oscar Häggström
Part of the bachelor exhibition in Botanical Garden, Gothenburg.