Having a cold shower at the Cisterns

Why not spend one of these mighty fine and bright spring days underground in a cold and dark cave? This was my thought, as I read that the Swedish artist Ingvar Cronhammer (b. 1947), is currently exhibiting at the Cisterns, Frederiksberg. 

The concept for my words on this exhibition H will be more fragmented and intuitive than usual. I think this way fits my experience of Cronhammers installation best.

Immediate experience of the installation - in five words:

• Showers
• Beauty
• Darkness
• Raumgefühl
• Repetition

Emotions related to the experience of the installation - in five words:

• Tranquility
• Purification
• Freedom
• Loneliness
• Immersion

Three good things about H at the Cisterns:

• The use of sound and music (by Martin Hall) in the installation adds something valuable to the experience of the space
• The installation is so spacious that you can experience it without much disturbance from other visitors
• The Cisterns are, with its cold, dark and moist caves, an interesting space in itself

Two less good things about H at the Cisterns:

• Very little information available about Ingvar Cronhammer and his exhibition at the Cisterns, and online at cisternerne.dk (luckily there are many reviews available of the exhibition online, my favourite is Lisbeth Bondes review for KUNSTEN.NU)
• I imagine that too many visitors will make the experience less fortunate

Christina Capetillo 2015 (from cisternerne.dk)

Cronhammers exhibition can be seen until November 29, 2015.  

Is it art? But why?!? (ongoing post)

I'm an Arthistorian, and often get this question from friends and in particular from my very inquisitive and nosy boyfriend. Often I'm provoked by his questions, because I feel I have to defend, especially contemporary, art. But more important, I understand his questions and mistrust in contemporary art, and sometimes I even share his points of view. Hence this post about why art is art - or why it's not! 

[To be continued.]