To Swing Over a Field
A girl is swinging over and into the landscape.
Two movements are accentuated by the film: Firstly, the swinging that constantly moves forward and backwards emphasising the horizon line as she moves in and out of frame. Secondly, the cyclic movement of the two sequences playing one after the other; summer turns into winter and winter fades back into summer in an everlasting loop. In the uncanny and nostalgic image, the girl doesn’t grow old and the seasons remain.
As with my other work, the starting point lies in the mundane, in the small encounters or observations that happen in daily life: it can be a meeting between people or objects, but contained by a specific situation. My interest lies in what happens within this encounter, and what emerges from it. Through the work a shift occurs, a slight shift where one’s perception changes slightly, which is followed by a re-confirmation or re-valuation of the experience. My background is in photography and video, however, at present, I use any tool disposable. I also have a working practise that tries to balance between the individual and the collective, between my own artwork and working with other groups of artists.
Mari Lagerquist is based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
