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Lundahl & Seitl

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Lundahl & Seitl is a Stockholm-based artist duo formed in 2003 by Christer Lundahl (born 1978 Jönköping, Sweden) and Martina Seitl (born 1979, Jönköping, Sweden).[1] The duo's practice consists of site-specific situations and cross-disciplinary projects, "where the line between action and perception is renegotiated", as noted by Frida Sandström.[1]

The duo's working method has been described as being a combination of staging, choreographed movement, instructions, sculpture, spatial sound, and augmented and virtual reality, through the exploration of notions such as freedom, autonomy, reality, imagination, memory, and the relation between humans and technology.[2]

Selected Artworks

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In 2019, Lundahl & Seitl in collaboration with ScanLAB Projects created The Eternal Return series, which consists of three choreographed and mixed-reality artworks that examine virtual reality.[3] The Unknown Cloud series was brought to life in 2015 and it is an artwork, which is based on visitor participation through the usage of an application and guidance of audio-visual instructions.[4][5] According to Josephine Machon, the work tackles themes such as human perception, inclusion, and interconnectedness.[6] In the Symphony of a Missing Room series (2009), the audience experiences a museum venue through participation,[7] which has been created through various technical, choreographed, and voice stimuli, as Ronald Jones described.[8][9] The artwork investigates the nature of memory.[10]

Exhibitions

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Lundahl & Seitl had solo and group exhibitions in several venues, such as Royal Academy of Arts (London, 2014),[11] Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin, 2016); Kunstmuseum Bonn (2017);[12] Accelerator (2017, Stockholm);[13] ‘Tunnelvision’, Momentum 8, Nordic Biennale of Contemporary Art (2015, Moss, Norway);[14] ‘An Imagined Museum’, Centre Pompidou Metz (France, 2016-2017); ‘forming in the pupil of an eye’, Kochi Muziris Biennale (India, 2016);[15] ‘Temple of Alternative Histories’ at Staatsteater Kassel (Kassel, 2022);[16] Screen City Biennial: ‘Other Minds’ (Berlin, 2022).[17]

Awards

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  • 2010 - Stockholm Art Prize
  • 2010 - Birgit Cullberg Prize[18]
  • 2011 - Salzburg Festival Young Directors Award (Montblanc)[18]
  • 2011 - Edstrandska Foundation for Contemporary Art Award [18]
  • 2019 - Sven Harrys Art Prize[19]
  • 2020 - Shortlisted for the Lumen Prize[20]
  • 2022 - STRP ACT Award, co-artists Untold Garden[21]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sandström, Frida (2018). "Lundahl & Seitl". In & Beyond Sweden: Journeys Through Art Scene. Ljungberg, Joa; Malm, Lena; Mostyn, Santiago; Pousette, Johan eds. Art & Theory Stockholm, pp. 148-149.
  2. ^ Alston, Adam (2016). Beyond Immersive Theatre. Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 75–144.
  3. ^ Fessé, Susanne (1 January 2021). "The Memors mentala bilder skapar affektiv relation". Verk. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ Doyle, Katharine (28 July 2017). "Exhibition // Lundahl and Seitl: 'Unknown Cloud On Its Way To Berlin'". Berlin Art Link. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ Tanos, Erika (2017). "Lundahl & Seitl. Unknown Could on Its Way to Berlin". Limits of Knowing. Immersion. Oberender, Thomas; Petkiewicz, Joanna eds. Berliner Festspiele, Kerber Verlag. pp. 46-56.
  6. ^ Machon, Josephine (2017). "Missing Rooms and Unknown Clouds: Darkness and Illumination in the Work Lundahl & Seitl." In: Theatre in the Dark. Shadow, Gloom and Blackout in Contemporary Theatre, Alston, Adam; Welton, Martin, eds. Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 147–168.
  7. ^ Forming in the pupil of an eye. Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2016). Fliedner, Kelly ed. Kochi Biennale Foundation, pp. 272-274.
  8. ^ Jones, Ronald (December 2010). "Lundahl & Seitl. Nationalmuseum". Art Forum. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  9. ^ Jones, Ronald (April 2017). "A Voice Comes to One". Immersion, Berliner Festspiele, pp.16-19.
  10. ^ Bathurst, Matilda (31 May 2014). "Symphony of a Missing Room at the Royal Academy". Apollo. The International Art Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. ^ Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (20 May 2014). "Christer Lundahl and Martina Seitl: blindfolding the Royal Academy". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  12. ^ Artdaily. "Kunstmuseum Bonn opens "New Originals" by Swedish artist duo Lundahl & Seitl". artdaily.cc. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  13. ^ "Lundahl & Seitl på Accelerator". Konsten (in Swedish). 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  14. ^ Sirieix, Barbara (6 July 2015). "Momentum 8: Tunnel Vision". e-flux. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  15. ^ "Biennale immersive and playful: Sanjana Kapoor". The Times of India. 2017-02-21. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  16. ^ "Temple of Alternative Histories". Nordhessen-Rundschau. 11 June 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  17. ^ Mazal, Julia (14 October 2022). "Symbiotic Relationships at the Screen City Biennial". Berlin Art Link. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  18. ^ a b c Malm, Magdalena; Wik, Annika, eds. (2012). Imagining the Audience. Viewing Positions in Curatorial and Artistic Practice (in English and Swedish). Art and Theory. p. 235. ISBN 9789197998550.
  19. ^ "Sven-Harrys konstmuseum :: 2019 års stipendium går till Lundahl & Seitl". www.sven-harrys.se. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  20. ^ "Awards 2020". The Lumen Prize. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  21. ^ "Let's ACT – Lundahl & Seitl and Untold Garden". STRP. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

Further reading

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