Under Ytan
Hallands konstmuseum, Halmstad
30.11 2024 – 24.10 2025
participating artists: Sebastian Blomqvist, Kristina Frank, Tilda Lovell, Helena Wikström and Anita Wohlén

Höstljus Umeå
29.10 - 21.11 2021

Helena Wikström's work seeks to descend below the surface. She digs holes, creates tunnels and finds underground sound worlds. There is a curiosity in Helena's art about who inhabits these places, whether they are real creatures or mythological figures. These bodies are defined by changes in position - we experience them in the movement itself.

In this case, the creature is an octopus, composed and animated from about a hundred charcoal drawings. Unlike us humans, the octopus has a sense called a statocyst that allows it to sense gravity under water and thus know where it is in relation to the surface. In the film Anima, the octopus is given its own composition for the choreographed movement. A breath and a song in which we can rest in and let our thoughts wander.

thanks to Umeå Kommun och KC Nord