The installation, located in a clearing in Kungsparken, consists of blue painted deck chairs and a sound piece reflecting on the sea and the oceanic in relation to life, borders, conflicts, and artistic processes. The chairs are placed close together to enable a collective experience—how can we find ourselves by being together?
Youmna Chlala, born in Beirut, is now based in New York City. This Feeling, Oceanic is part of her ongoing series Museum of Future Memories, which includes drawings, photographs, sculptures, and installations that, in various ways, imagine what will happen when the horizon disappears. The series is site-specific and has previously been shown in Norway, Brazil, United States, Dubai, and Denmark. Chlala is the editor of the series Spatial Species at Coffee House Press, co-founder of Mutating Cities Institute, and author of The Paper Camera, a book of poetry and photography.
This Feeling, Oceanic is part of Malmö Konstmuseum’s project Bära minne – i krigens närvaro (Carrying Memory – in the Presence of War), which, through exhibitions and conversations, deepens artistic perspectives on how war and conflict affect human beings. Curators: Julia Björnberg and Anna Johansson.
This Feeling, Oceanic was originally produced for The Ocean in the Forest at Wanås Konst, 2024. The work is part of the collection of Malmö Konstmuseum.
This Feeling, Oceanic was originally produced for The Ocean in the Forest at Wanås Konst, 2024. The work is part of the collection of Malmö Konstmuseum.
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Malmö Konstmuseum
Malmö Konstmuseum