Installation: Smatten Gallery 21 October 2020

Today the project culminates with an exhibition of the work, video slide-show of the circles and an artist talk.

Anna Viola Hallberg, curator and director of Distancio, installed the worked generated during the circles. The street window draws attention by a video installation that Anna made. This video (above) is a slide show documenting the various stages during the circles. The images were taken by participants.

I am thrilled by Anna's installation. The exhibition draws the viewer in from the street using the video, and the unravelling of balls of yarn. The linear, drawing aspect continues throughout the show. Identities (filleted garments) exploded open in the four window vitrines. Stories (balls of yarn) unravel, supporting and stretching open the identities. The space is charged with movement, flow and change. 

Running alongside and opposite the display windows is a wall of clothing. This came as a complete surprise! We were unware that the gallery space shared this gifting wall, Snälla Väggen. On the wall there are rows of coat hooks. This is a designated public space in Tranås where unwanted clothing can be placed, and needed clothing can be removed! This is another delightful unexpected turn in the unfolding of the project. Not only does this element provide something visually compelling, a wall of clothing contrasted by window displays of exploding deconstructed garments, it also feeds in to the content of togetherness, compassion and care.