Artists > 2010: Framing Identity > Annika Eriksson

Work

Annika Eriksson’s The Last Lord combines films made by Maurice Egerton with her own black and white attempts to interact with the original footage. The new montage is shown in a purpose-built unit, The Smallest Cinema in the World, which was originally commissioned by UP Projects.

The Smallest Cinema in the World (For The Wealthy and the Good) was commissioned by UP Projects as part of Portavilion 2008 in Regent’s Park, London. Hopkins Architects and Expedition Engineers supported the design of the cinema, which was fabricated by ISG and Wood Newton.

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Biography

Annika Eriksson is Swedish and has lived in Berlin since her residency at DAAD.

Her work is an investigation of how communities today constitute their identities and she is interested in the latent symbolics of daily life. The point of departure in her work is always a specific place, or rather, the meaning of the place. Recurrently, she develops her projects in collaboration with people who share a common denominator. The situations that she creates consist of strict frameworks and demarcated stages.

Recent exhibitions include: ‘Yes No Other Options’, Sheffield Biennale; ‘Dak’Art’, Biennale, Dakar; ‘Lapdogs of the Bourgeoisie’, Gasworks, London; ‘Platform’, Istanbul; The Townhouse Gallery, Cairo and Arnolfini, Bristol and The Greenroom. CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Modern Art, Annandale on Dudson.