Lina Selander’s films build on layers of images and meaning, layers that link history and pre-history to contemporary society, and in which nature as a prerequisite for life is one of the focal points. From their many points of entry, the films unfold in essayistic narratives, in which the artist makes use of image material and sound from different sources—her own footage and still images, quotes and archive material. Her works oscillate between the wonder of image, of seeing, and the understanding that the image is never a given. It must be under constant questioning, and seeing is not an innocent act.
The exhibition includes three installations—"Lenin’s Lamp Glows in the Peasant’s Hut" (2011), "Silphium" (2014) and "The Offspring Resembles the Parent" (2015)—and an archive for further reading and viewing of additional film works.
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