OFFSITE 3 / White Cube
The first thing that caught my attention when I was introduced to my allocated place - Slottsparken in Halmstad - was the rooks and their many nests. The second thing was that none of the existing artworks in the park was really meant for this site. They were moved from other places. Why move them here - to a park cut off from the city center by a large road and visited by very few people? And what happens to the relocated artwork when it is detached from it’s original context? Is there a purpose, an expectation, that their presence in the park will change the place? This situation is the point were my process of creating a site-specific work started. After a bit of general research on public art in Halmstad, I decided to focus on Nedgrävning/ Burying. The only visible track of the work, a 1m³ white concrete cube buried in the Picassopark by the artist Harald Persson in 1994, is a sign marking the place put up by the municipality in 2012. OFFSITE 3 / White Cube is a future scenario. Many thanks to Harald Persson, whose work Nedgrävning/Burying has been a rich source of inspiration!Photos: Patrik Leonardsson and Helena Marika Ekenger
Video editing: Helena Marika Ekenger