The artist Emma Hjortenklev Wassberg has been inspired by the Nobel Peace Prize and asks a number of different questions related to the concept of peace.
Is there an evil and a good in a conflict? Where are the lines between good and evil? Where are the boundaries between right and wrong? Is it possible to see conflicts from a black and white perspective? Is there a right perspective? Can you fight for peace?
The artwork contains a variety of symbols connected to the subject. The chessboard, a representation of “us and them” as well as the strategies and progress the different sides use. The white flag, which shows that in a conflict one capitulates or is ready to negotiate. The feathers of the dove of peace, as a symbol for all those who had to give their lives.
The work’s title REMI comes from a Swedish chess term that means the game ends in a draw. In a chess game that ends in a draw, there are no winners, only losers.
Nobel Week Lights
Lighting up Stockholm during the darkest time of the year, Nobel Week Lights is an outdoor light art festival accessible for everyone.
Emma Hjortenklev Wassberg
Emma Hjortenklev Wassberg is an active lighting artist, but also works in a number of other areas such as interior architecture and design.
Regardless of the subject or project, her aim is to create a perfect harmony and atmosphere that makes the audience enter her world, where you are invited to everything from poetic melancholy to liberating strength.
Nobel Week Lights
Art lighting up Stockholm
Read about Nobel Week Lights, a free light art festival taking place in Stockholm during the darkest time of the year.