Term: November ’24 – January ’25
“I am shaped by my family’s common myths, our tradition of storytelling and the history of my surroundings. I am interested in places where the past and present intersect, always with the story and narrative as a focal point, whether it be the beach town of Lomma, forts along the Skåne coast, or disguised oil-pumps in Los Angeles. Through the arrangement of drawings and videos in installations I encourage the viewers to create their own stories out of my raw materials.
Most of my work is based on images collected from photo albums and digital archives. The act of collecting often leads to new associations which connect the different images, creating unexpected narratives. I isolate and abstract parts of the motifs based on the story I want to tell, stripping them of their context and rearranging them in installations. When moving around the exhibition space, viewers can engage with the works from different angles, discovering new combinations of images. The fragments are retooled, telling a different
pictorial tale.
Insta: @bildhelaveckan
Website: hugohernqvist.myportfolio.com
