[spectre] MAP, Mobile Art Production, opening in Stockholm

[Geert Lovink]

> From: "Magdalena Malm" <mm at mobileartproduction.se>
> Date: 12 March 2007 9:55:21 AM
> To: <map12 at mobileartproduction.se>, <map13 at mobileartproduction.se>
> Subject: MAP, Mobile Art Production, opening in Stockholm
>
> Inauguration of MAP, Mobile Art Production
>  
> Loulou Cherinet: The Allegory of the Cock
>  
> Third track, Slussen, Stockholm
> March 8th – April 1st, opening hours, Thu, Fri 12 - 6pm, Sat, Sun 12 - 
> 4pm.
>  
> MAP, Mobile Art Production, opens with a video installation by Loulou 
> Cherinet. The Allegory of the Cock was filmed in Addis Abeba in 
> Ethiopia, and deals with the retelling of a tall tale about a blind 
> man, a wedding and a cock. The work will be exhibited in the tunnel 
> that was built, but never used, for the third rail track under Slussen 
> in Stockholm.
>  
> MAP, Mobile Art Production, is a new art producer that invites artists 
> to create unique projects. In dialogue with the artists, MAP locates 
> the most suitable places, situations, and moments to produce and 
> exhibit art.
>  
> Magdalena Malm, artistic director for MAP, describes the institution:
> “The idea behind MAP is to create an alternative to traditional art 
> institutions. Instead of departing in the gallery space, MAP departs 
> from the artistic process. The goal is to create projects that are 
> specific to a certain site or situation and thereby become relevant 
> both to an initiated art audience as well as to a wider public.”
>  
> MAP opens with a video installation by the Swedish artist Loulou 
> Cherinet. In a seemingly endless sequence of scenes, a story about a 
> blind man, a wedding and a cock is told between different men. The 
> listener and the storyteller appear separate on two large screens in a 
> double projection. The speech is translated from Amharinja and dubbed 
> into Swedish. Somewhere in the gap between language, image, and the 
> story itself reality is playfully mistaken for appearance.
>  
> Cherinet was educated in Ethiopia and Stockholm, and her work has 
> recently been exhibited at the Modern Museum in Stockholm and at the 
> Biennale in Sao Paulo.
>  
> www.mobileartproduction.se
>  
>  MAP is supported by Framtidens Kultur.
> The Allegory of the Cock was produced for the Sao Paulo Biennale, with 
> the support of the Modern Museum, Stockholm. We would also like to 
> extend our gratitude to Banverket and Showlighters as well as Minja 
> Smajic/jobbajobba for his work with MAP’s website and graphic profile.
>  
> For more information, interviews, or press images - please contact 
> Magdalena Malm 0708-49 13 74, mm at mobileartproduction.se