JULY.14, 2006, 2006-2007
Henrik Håkansson
JULY.14, 2006, 2006-2007
35mm Film, 35mm projector, loop mechanism
Overview
The first issue is to try and stay focused on the matters of survival. The purpose of the work is to seek out the possibilities for understanding and communicating on the environmental structures of the natural world that I, as do you, belong to dependently. The second issue is to register, save and expand all visions of it. The third issue is to change it.
Henrik Håkansson
Through his videos, sound works, and complex installations, Henrik Håkansson extracts fragments from natural cycles that he documents and recreates. Often with the aid of sophisticated technological means, the artist observes the growth of plants, birds, and insects, examining the possible forms that a dialogue between humans and nature can take.
Excerpt from Francesco Manacorda and Akiko Miki, Henrik Håkansson. Through the woods to find the forest, Paris 2006.
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 8.
Related
Sharjah Biennial 8: Still Life, Part I
This catalogue accompanied Sharjah Biennial 8, which attempted to renegotiate the relationship between art and ecology into a system of cohabitation.
Sharjah Biennial 8: Still Life, Part II
The second book in the Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change series, documents Sharjah Biennial 8 as it was on view.