Mannaminne, Nordingrå 15.6 - 31.8 2025
Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå 3.2 - 10.3 2024
Galleri Tegen2, Stockholm 31.3 - 16.4
Tvärån, Umeå 10.6 - 20.6 2023
Galleri Verkligheten 30.6 - 14.7 2023

papiermaché, 15 min long sound piece

Helena Wikström's works search below the surface. She digs pot, creates tunnels and descends below the earth's crust and water surface in search of a space of gravity, a space defined by the attraction of our bodies to the ground. Using gravity as a compass, drawing a vertical map of the seabed landscapes we cannot see. It feels as if the movement, when the plumb goes up and down, rethinks a traditional world view, how we have learned to read the world, time, as horizontal.

Compared to other animals, man appears to be a lousy navigator. How do you find your way on an ocean when all you see is the horizon. Gradually, various techniques and tools were developed to make sailing safer. Someone stood on the deck and threw a weight into the water with a line marked with knots and fabric to measure the depth. They plumbed deeper and deeper not only for the safety of sailing, but also because they wanted to understand something about what they couldn't see.