Reclining Territorial Figure
Plywood, sheet metal
245 x 74 x 30 cm
The Swedish map lies across the landscape leaning against a sharp pyramid made out of sheet metal. The sculpture points to its location on the map of Sweden while simultaneously testing the ground beneath it. The work draws on a 1947 experiment by the magazine ALLT and researchers from KTH, who sought to determine Sweden’s geographical center by balancing a jigsaw-cut model of the country on a sharp point.
Echoing this method, the figure reclines not in surrender, but in inquiry of its own conditions.
Echoing this method, the figure reclines not in surrender, but in inquiry of its own conditions.
