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Magisk utställning av Dahlgren och Lervik

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Magical exhibition by Dahlgren and Lervik

The background to this unique collaboration is that Stefan Nilsson from Designgalleriet asked Alexander Lervik to create an exhibition together with another creator. He pondered for a while about who would become his collaborator and by chance heard a song by Eva Dahlgren. He wrote her a letter, put it in the mailbox, and immediately regretted it. But a week later he received a reply, and the collaboration became a fact.

The exhibition contains an entire orchestra of glass objects that will light up in time with the music and take on a life of their own. According to Lervik, the goal has always been to create an experience that fills all the senses and lets the visitor experience more.

In the first room we meet the singer, a beautiful piece inside a glass sphere. The sound shower in the ceiling instantly calms the pulse and one becomes completely relaxed. In the next room we encounter the bass of the orchestra. It is like a swarm of small glass mushrooms emerging from the underground, while the music streams from the speakers in the ceiling. The violins fill the next room and are incredibly beautiful and lush. The drums are like a whole little orchestra that brings us to life with their colors and interplay. Then we come to the last room and the synth, where we see how sound lives in interplay with light. Incredibly powerful, relaxing and fascinating!

The objects are handmade in freehand together with skilled glass craftsmen from Målerås glassworks in Småland, one of the few remaining glassworks in Sweden. For the exhibition, Dahlgren and Lervik have also specially designed hand-tufted rugs in collaboration with Swedish Ogeborg. The rugs and their design enhance the feeling of the various glass objects and refine the sound experience in the gallery. Sound and light specialists from the sound architect Lexter and the lighting company Stockholm Lightning are also involved in the project to maximize the experience. Eva Dahlgren has specially composed the music, which has been woven together with verses from her song Filmen om oss.

The exhibition Dit ljuset leder is open to the public February 7-28, 2017. Designgalleriet, Kammakargatan 52, 111 60 Stockholm

Text – Marlene Rindå Jikita, Image – Trendgruppen and Marlene Rindå Jikita

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