In his writing, Nobel Prize laurate Abdulrazak Gurnah reflects on the displacement and changing perspectives of the immigrant’s journey between cultures and continents, and the effects of war and crises. The artists present a collective, pluralistic approach to translating his wisdom into an installation of words, images, sounds, performance and light.
Two Europeans on a Platform takes the shape of a little holiday kiosk, glowing with an otherworldly luminescence, standing on the pier on its own. Seemingly displaced from the festive market across the water in Gamla Stan, the kiosk is like no other: it shines like a lighthouse, radiating charged memories. It sells the one thing the others don’t: light.
NOBEL WEEK LIGHTS
The Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm
The artwork was created by students of the Fine Arts program of the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, supervised by Ming Wong, Silvia Thomackenstein and Robert Brečević, in dialogue with HelenaHansson, the Swedish translator of Gurnah’s works.
Participating artists:
Roda Abdalle, Jaana-Kristiina Alakoski, Isolde Berkqvist, Neil Bhat, and Aron Fogelström.
Art lighting up Stockholm
Read about Nobel Week Lights, a free light festival taking place in Stockholm during the darkest time of the year.