Within the Japanese culture there is a tradition of holding back and trying to control nature. Instead of the uncontrollable wilderness you find substitute or mini worlds, like dry Zen gardens made of gravel, moss gardens or bonsai trees. Even in the private sphere around their own houses there are little spaces for lush verdure, especially in the compact cities. Tokyo Gardens is performed in Ningyochou which is a part of the old town centre.
Exhibited at a single exhibition in Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, 2005.
The pictures of this series are meant to function as narrative elements of different states of being that are contextualised by the viewer. The main theme has been omitted in preference for another variant of storytelling where pictures are floating in and out of each other without hierarchal order. Thus, a certain picture does not necessarily have a specific place at a specific time of viewing, but can on the other hand be of the uttermost importance at another time of viewing. The result is that different stories are created each time the series is being viewed.
Exhibited at The Museum of National Antiquities , Stockholm, 2004 and at The Royal University College of Fine Arts spring exhibition, Konstakademin , Stockholm, 2003.
The inspiration behind the series Rosalie derives from the concept of the “nerd” in American High School films. The pictures show Rosalie being photographed prior to her High School prom. The first three pictures are meant to be taken at a photographers studio while the following two at Rosalies home.
Exhibited at Sthlm Art Fair, Stockholm, 2004, at The Museum of National Antiquities , Stockholm, 2004 and at Pub Stockholm, 2005.
I have worked with double meaning in the decoding of the pictures. At first glance you see a woman in a vulnerable situation where the viewer is forced to play the part of the voyeur. However, it does soon become evident that the woman is alive. Both the fact that she is carrying a large bag and that the wires from which she is hanging from are clearly visible to the viewer. Through this the pictures undergo a change in character and become both peculiar and humorous. This series of photographs was chosen to represent the Royal Acadamy of Art at Sthlm Art Fair 2004.
Exhibited at The Royal University College of Fine Arts spring exhibition, Konstakademin , Stockholm, 2004 and at The Museum of National Antiquities , Stockholm, 2004.
In this serie I want to further develop the theme I was working with while making the serie “clues on location”. This time with only four larger photos that tell a story together.
Exhibited at a single show at Galleri Fokus, Oxelösund, 2004.
While working with the series I searched among pictures I had taken previously that year. I wanted that each picture would give a clue to a story, but a predetermined story did not exist. The whole thing turned out to be a bit of an experiment in trying to tell a story without a beginning or an end where I only give the story a few snapshots to carry it further.
During a scholarship in Oxelösund (small town one hundred kilometres south of Stockholm) in the summer of 2003, I worked with some old abandoned houses in the oldern part of Oxelösund. The photos taken show homes that families have left for me unknown reasons. The rooms are empty, and no furniture or belongings are left there, but the floors and the walls show traces of them that has lived there and the stories that has taken place.
Exhibited at S.O.C , Stockholm, 2002.
When I made these photos I deliberately worked with a camera with really bad optics. The reason I did this was that I wanted blurry pictures that didnt show any details, or specific homes. The photos look like they could have been shot in any part of Swedens suburban areas. But the special about these houses is that they all show beautiful pictures of closed houses . No one can look through the windows, or guess what is happening behind the closed doors. With this work I wanted to shed light on that the biggests number ot violence and rape occurs in our homes by some one you know, not by any stranger.