Koyasan
Mount Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism and a large temple settlement in Wakayama Prefecture with the largest cemetery in Japan, Okunoin. The cemetery surrounds the mausoleum of Kūkai, a Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and poet who founded the esoteric Shingon school of Buddhism. The presence of Koyasan is strong in a calming way, the towering cedar trees and the moss-covered graves ground you in an inexplicable way. The experience also makes me think about Akira Kurosawa´s movie Dreams which subtly explains the Japanese relation to the spiritual forces of the natural world.
Tidskriften Arkitektur
Swedish Periodical Tidskriften Arkitektur published an excerpt from the book Barriers. The issue is titled "Ge plats för regn" which translates to "Make space for rain" and focuses on landcape architecture and the effects of extreme weather.
Cité Internationale des Arts
A Whisper and Three Trembling Shadows consists of a tent that acts as a camera obscura and a sound work recorded in a meadow. The intention behind the piece is to create a spatial experience of a landscape that interacts with our immediate environment to evoke memories and offer an ambiguous picture of what we believe nature stands for.
The piece was shown in yet another environement .
A Whisper and Three Trembling Shadows in Paris
We are happy to announce that ”A Whisper and three trembling shadows ” will be on show at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in the beginning of June. Magali Cunico is currently at a six months residency at The Royal Academy of Arts’ studio in Paris and will show her latest work the same evening.
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
at 18:00 to 21:00
Cité Internationale des Arts
18, rue de l'hôtel de ville, 75004 Paris
”A Whisper and three trembling shadows” is an ongoing collaboration betweenMagali Cunico and Erik Hagman. The piece consists of a tent that acts asa camera obscura and a sound work recorded at a meadow. The intentionbehind the piece called ”A Whisper and three trembling shadows” are tocreate a spatial experience of a landscape that interacts with our immediateenvironment to evoke memories and offer an ambiguous picture of what we believenature stands for. A tent is a temporary construction that one canquickly move to new places. It relates to how we, as human beings, consciouslyand unconsciously construct an image of our world that reflects our ideas anddesires. This inner image is just like in the camera obscura, a projection inconstant change.
Book Presentation — Konst-ig
A warm welcome to a presentation of Barriers, a book about the between-spaces in the city, with photographs and text by Erik Hagman. The book is published by Arena, and the foreword is written by photo historian Niclas Östlind. At 18:00, a conversation will be held with Erik Hagman and the book's editors, Lisa Daram Westling and Niclas Östlind.
Besides the book, a special portfolio with five prints will be available.
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
at 17:30 to 19:00
Kont-ig
Åsögatan 124 A
116 24 Stockholm
