Overview

The common denominator in Katarina Löfström's video works is the abstraction or, rather perhaps, the extraction of something. Her computer-generated animations can be based on a city view, a horizon or a photo, but the essence itself is about emotions, phenomenon or concepts. She takes interest in various stages of consciousness, such as wakefulness, daydreams, the hypnagogic state and trance but also optical phenomena, often in relation to sound. Through repetitive movement, loops, reflections and light effects she creates works which amplifies and concentrates certain phenomena and thus tampers with our perception and its fluid boundaries of what we perceive as reality.

 

Her oeuvre also includes sculpture and her most recent works - Open Source – is a series of monumental outdoor works. They allude in its format to different screen sizes like Panavision. They consist of tens of thousands of free hanging sequins, reflecting the light, thus visualising the movement of the wind and the surrounding nature. By using a very basic material such as sequin panels originally meant for commercial use, Katarina Löfström creates an everchanging moving image in the public sphere, without having to use electricity or external lighting.

 

Katarina Löfström (born in 1970 in Sweden, lives and works in Stockholm) graduated from the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm 1997 and has since then mainly worked with video. 

 

In 2019, she was awarded the Swedish Filmform Prize for her significant contributions to video art.  Her work has been shown in exhibitions at Blickachsen, Bad Homburg, Germany, Wanås Konst, Sweden,  Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Kiasma, Helsinki, Tramway in Glasgow and Kunsthaus Graz to name a few. She is represented at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Neuer Berliner Kuntverein, in Wanås, at the library in Alexandria and others.

Exhibitions
Installation shots
Works
  • We
    We
  • Chronos – Kronos
    Chronos – Kronos
  • Aim (Anagram)
    Aim (Anagram)
  • Echo, Echo, Echo!
    Echo, Echo, Echo!
  • Open Source (Panavision)
    Open Source (Panavision)
  • Fugue
    Fugue
  • P.O.V. #15 (Private View)
    P.O.V. #15 (Private View)
  • P.O.V. #3
    P.O.V. #3
  • P.O.V. #33
    P.O.V. #33
  • P.O.V. #34
    P.O.V. #34
  • Downhill
    Downhill
  • Spacial Composition
    Spacial Composition
  • Beacon
    Beacon
  • Room with a View
    Room with a View
  • Thought Form (Embracing Space)
    Thought Form (Embracing Space)
  • A Void
    A Void
  • Young Believers
    Young Believers
  • Hanging out with an old friend (Venice)
    Hanging out with an old friend (Venice)
  • Kingdom
    Kingdom
  • Crying Skyscraper
    Crying Skyscraper
  • Secret Garden
    Secret Garden
  • Finale
    Finale
  • Little Star
    Little Star
  • An Island
    An Island
  • Tower
    Tower
  • Score
    Score
  • Pan A.M.
    Pan A.M.
  • Whiteout
    Whiteout
  • Hang Ten Sunset
    Hang Ten Sunset
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