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BJØRN SPARRMAN

Bjørn Sparrman (b. 1989, US) lives and works in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his BFA from Calvin College in 2012 and his Masters of Science in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT in 2016. He is represented by Yve Yang Gallery, NYC. He is Project Lead at the MIT Self-Assembly Lab, a cross-disciplinary research design group. In collaboration with many artists, designers, and companies, including Google, Steelcase, and BMW, Sparrman frequently exhibits work internationally: at the V&A London, West Bund Art Fair Shanghai, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Milan Furniture Fair, Design Miami, and Ars Electronica in addition to others.

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The Sculpture Makes the Viewer Revolve Around Itself

2017

A hand-held camera focuses on big heavy steady objects: ship anchors, dock cleats. Projected on a thin sheet of mica stone, the image is stabilized such that subjects of the videos remain fixed on the screen. The frame jumps around as is must to accommodate the film-maker’s hand. The thin stone screen sways in the gentle breeze as people pass by.

This video installation toys with our conception of stability as a function of mass, material, or use. In doing so it reveals the explicit visual and optical relationships that we have with ideas and ideologies: ideas about strength, permanence, and knowledge.

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