synopsis
In 1667 a 12-year-old girl, Gertrud Svensdotter, was accused of walking on water in Älvdalen, Sweden. This event marked the beginning of the Swedish witch-hunts, a period of mass hysteria and horror in Älvdalen and its neighbouring regions. The forthcoming book ‘Gertrud’ by artist Maja Daniels uses photography to reconfigure the history and myth of these events, igniting a contemporary dialogue around Gertrud.
Most of the photographs in ‘Gertrud’ were created by Daniels through interventions in the forest. Utilising the landscape, a cast of characters and seemingly talismanic objects, she has drawn upon a surrealist desire to ‘re-enchant the world’. In reaction to the present-day view diminishing the value of forests to mere ‘resources’, her work re-envisions them as once more places of stories, myth and magic.
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Publisher : Void
Year : 2024
Language : english
Pages : 168
Dimensions : 23 x 28.4 cm
900 copies
Year : 2024
Language : english
Pages : 168
Dimensions : 23 x 28.4 cm
900 copies
about Maja Daniels
Maja Daniels (b. 1985) is a Swedish photography-based artist. Her work is influenced by her studies in sociology and can be described as a multi-layered academic and artistic practice that includes sociological methodology, sound, moving image and archive materials, aiming to further explore each medium’s narrative and performative functions. Her work centers on history, memory, and how these notions affect our view of the present.
Currently based between London and Gothenburg, her work has been exhibited in Paris, London, New York, Amsterdam and Bilbao.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, grants and fellowships and since 2020 she holds a lecturer position in film at the Institution for Film, Photography and Literary Composition at Gothenburg University (HDK-Valand). She also work on commissions for the weekly and monthly press worldwide and she collaborates with cultural institutions, using photography as a tool within wider research.
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Publisher : Void
Year : 2024
Language : english
Pages : 168
Dimensions : 23 x 28.4 cm
900 copies
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Year : 2024
Language : english
Pages : 168
Dimensions : 23 x 28.4 cm
900 copies
Signed