We are here (Gothenburg)
Summary
The photographic installation We are here (Aarhus) is based on traces from the Women’s March on Washington held in Washington, DC on January 21, 2017. This work reflects Coble’s meticulous, on foot, documentation of the fences surrounding the White House as marchers piled their protest signs around the parameter.
Supported by
Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE
Description of project
The photographic installation We are here (Gothenburg) consist of 269, A3 images on found wood. It’s based on traces from the Women’s March on Washington held in Washington, DC on January 21, 2017. This was an intersectional march organized and led by women that occurred the day after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration. This work reflects my meticulous, on foot, documentation of the fences surrounding the White House as marchers piled their protest signs around the parameter.
The individual pieces of We are here (Gothenburg) can be moved around in the Röda Sten Konsthall and can be exchanged for 200 SEK and potentially reactivated in another context. During the final week of the exhibition the photographs can be taken from the space and the money will be donated to No Human is Illegal/Ingen Människa är Illega (Gothenburg).
“The No One is Illegal Network (Ingen människa är illegal in Swedish) works to provide practical support to people who are forced to live undocumented after having had their applications for asylum refused. We demand permanent right of residence for all people who have arrived in Sweden and wish to remain. We believe in a world without borders, a world where no one is illegal.”
This work was commissioned for the exhitbion "Ingen rök utan eld. Shout Fire!" at the Röda Sten Konsthall with works also by fantastic artists Annika Lundgren, Felipe Mujica, Joar Nango and Carla Zaccagnini, curated by Mariangela Méndez Prencke. "Including commissioned projects in combination with already existing works, the exhibition brings forward current concerns on cultural autonomy, democracy, activism, and civil courage. Works that invoke the power of the word, that encourage conversations and exchange; actions that engage the body, the voice, techniques that gather collective knowledge, and questions that need to be asked anew.”
Type of work
Photographic series commissioned as part of Ingen rök utan eld. Shout Fire!; a group exhibition curated by Mariangela Méndez Prencke.
Published in
Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE
Link to web site
http://www.rodastenkonsthall.se/rs_events/view/Ingen_rok_utan_eld/?lang=se
https://www.facebook.com/rodastenkonsthall/videos/2154286578158847/
https://issuu.com/rodastenkonsthall/docs/booklet_sidor_sv
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Date
2018-09-01Creator
Coble, Mary
Keywords
Performance Art
Performativity
Play
Political
Protest
Activism
Publication type
artistic work
Language
eng