{"id":5116,"date":"2016-12-05T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T13:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=5116"},"modified":"2018-05-06T17:35:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-06T21:35:58","slug":"annika-strom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/annika-strom\/","title":{"rendered":"Annika Strom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_110\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5116-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annikastrom.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annikastrom.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/annikastrom.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5124 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/strom2016.jpeg?resize=238%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"strom2016\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/strom2016.jpeg?resize=238%2C300&amp;ssl=1 238w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/strom2016.jpeg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annikastrom.net\">Annika Str\u00f6m<\/a>\u00a0was born in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1964. She studied at the Royal academy of Fine art in Copenhagen until 1997, but moved already to Berlin 1993.<br \/>\n2005 she left Berlin and moved to United Kingdom where she now lives.Str\u00f6m works predominately with <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/annikastrom\">films<\/a>, soundtrack, performances and text works but has also written a feature film script.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 Str\u00f6m staged the performance <em>Ten embarrassed men<\/em>at the London Frieze art fair where ten identically dressed men walked around together at the fair looking embarrassed.\u00a0The caused of the embarrassment was the low number of work produced by women artists\u00a0that are represented at commercial art fairs.<\/p>\n<p>The work was followed by a series of other performances such as &#8220;The Upset Man\u201d 2010 and &#8220;The Inept Five&#8221;,\u00a0<em>201, <\/em>\u201cSix Lovely People\u201d 2015.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nAn ongoing performance is the &#8220;Seven Women Standing In The Way&#8221; where seven women in their 60s gently block the entrance of an art space, by talking, drinking and being oblivious to other visitor&#8217;s attempts to enter the space.<br \/>\nSo far 10 performances with these women has taken place around Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2000 Str\u00f6m has also worked extensively with text phrases, painted on both paper and canvas.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014 the Swedish Art Agency commissioned her to do 10 texts works for the new build extension of LUX, the Humanities Department at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lund_University\">Lund University<\/a>. On the roof of the building a 10 meter long text in metal it says; &#8220;men v\u00e4nta nu&#8221;. (Direct English translation is; &#8220;but wait now &#8221; meaning, \u201chold on\u201d). The work is permanent.<\/p>\n<p>2015 She composed music with her text works for the Jonkoping Chamber choir in Sweden for a commission for Konsthall Jonkoping. A film was made of the performance and can be seen on vimeo.<\/p>\n<p>She is currently working on new paintings and a new film script with actress Cecilia Frode.<\/p>\n<p>Books mentioned in the interview are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.panmacmillan.com\/authors\/robert-seethaler\/a-whole-life\">A Whole Life<\/a> by Robert Seethaler and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/jul\/09\/wilful-disregard-lena-andersson-reiew\">Willful Disregard<\/a>\u00a0by Lena Andersson and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Emperor_of_Portugallia\">The Emperor of Portugallia<\/a>\u00a0by Selma Lagerl\u00f6f.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5126\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5126 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMGL1316.jpeg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"imgl1316\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMGL1316.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMGL1316.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMGL1316.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMGL1316.jpeg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMGL1316.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven women standing in the way UK 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5127\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5127 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"jackets\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/jackets.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Performance Six Lovely People at fig-2\/ ICA London 2015\/ Curator Fatos Ustek.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5138\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5138 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?resize=625%2C417&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"km8a0915\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/KM8A0915.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Six lovely people<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5139\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5139 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_0105.jpg?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dsc_0105\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_0105.jpg?resize=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_0105.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_0105.jpg?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DSC_0105.jpg?resize=624%2C415&amp;ssl=1 624w, 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