Camilla Lundquist (SE)
Filip Vest (DK)
Luukkonen (FI/SE)
Niklas Wallenborg (SE)
Without, within
12/11-12/12 2021

Curator: Arngrímur Borgþórsson (IS/SE), Bahareh Mirhadi (IR/SE) and Ina Nian (SE)


Galleri CC proudly presents the group exhibition Amor Spiritus Computatoris with Charlotte Johannesson, Richard Krantz and Yaloo. Yaloo, Charlotte Johannesson and Richard Krantz artistic practices are varied, and they approach their subject in different ways. Yaloo’s textures, organic and synthetic, trick the senses, Richard’s cerebral approach to creating physical objects from things and concepts that only previously existed in the digital and theoretical realms and Charlotte’s no-nonsense, bare-bones approach, using the building blocks of all digital images, the pixel. These all harken back to the counterculture of the 1990’s, the idea of “Cyberia”, the spiritual realm (as defined by Douglas Rushkoff), which the rave-kids, shamans and techno-philosophers of the time claimed could be reached by telling stories, dancing, entering a trance, doing hallucinogenic drugs or, simply, sitting in front of a computer. While the notion of Cyberia, with its wildly optimistic vision of the future hasn’t turned out as the kids of the 90’s predicted (or hoped), and as the concepts, hopes, lingo and hedonistic practices of the era have grown stale, some aspects linger and many remain relevant. Just where lie the boundaries between the physical and digital realms? Is the digital realm a spiritual one? How does one enter it? A Nocco on the sofa while zipping through a smartphone may have replaced chugging smart drinks at a bleep-rave in a dingy warehouse, but the idea of a non-physical space is central to both. This is what binds these three artists together. Their approach varies wildly, separated by generations, time and geographical location, but they all work with one foot in the “other” realm; the digital one. We are proud to bring these three trailblazers together. 

Sofia & Arngrímur, Galleri CC.

Opening: 12 November 18-21 
Performance: 19 November 19:00

Camilla Lundquist Born.1991, Sweden, based in Helsingborg, Sweden/ Vienna, Austria. I am interested in our relationship with that which is intangible. The unique dialogue between ourselves and that which is absent. My work often takes the shape of syncretistic rituals or has an aritual-like process to it. My paintings, installations and performances are all repetitive and time-consuming. When I work on them I enter a ritual, a personal ritual that is therapeutic in its limitations. A recurring material in my work is lacquer as I find comfort in its qualities. The adding and erasing process of lacquer adequately reflects my repetitive search for memories and connections. https://camillatmlundquist.com/ Filip Vest Born. 1995, Denmark, based in Copenhagen, Denmark Through performances, installations, films and texts, he examines queer love, loneliness and desire in the 21st century. His works deal with how objects are turned into humans, and how humans are turned into objects – and how the spaces we live in affect us. The characters are always a kind of hybrids, somewhere between abstract and concrete, talking and dumb, between animate and inanimate. Through mobile phones, walls and windows, they communicate and miscommunicate across species and time in a vast network of small and large things affecting each other. https://filipvest.dk/ Kaisa Luukkonen Born. 1974, Finland, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Kaisa’s artistic practice is driven by her interest in the interconnectedness of the future and feelings and how we can use anger as a tool to engage with the world. The series, Instruments of Uprising, is her inquiry into anger where the objects she creates have been used in moments of anger worldwide. Through curiosity and care, Kaisa invites the audience to experience how our feelings can be used as a power, and at that moment see the wonders of possible futures, even in moments of conflict. https://kaisaluukkonen.com/ Niklas Wallenborg Born 1979, Sweden Niklas is a Visual artist that takes an interest in the gap between human and technological tension. He constructs and deconstructs the narrative as well with how content is transformed. The dialogue between human emotions and the virtual space often presents as narrated fragments where he copies, samples and translates his work with the world wide web as the material. http://www.niklaswallenborg.com/

Photo: Raffaele Piano