and the sun changes place
and the sun changes place is a series of performances and site-specific installations by south east / south west presented in the garden of Samfundet de Nio in Stockholm in 2023.
Performance and site-specific installation
Ice, rose petals, daylight film, shifting light positions, rainbow foil, archival images.
and the sun changes place was realized as a series of performances and installations in the garden of Samfundet de Nio. The project unfolded as a living exhibition—both looking back at earlier works and taking new steps into the investigation of forces that resist control: light, time, temperature, and place.
The garden functioned as an active site rather than a backdrop. Over time, the exhibition changed character as specific events were activated, built up, dissolved, or shifted in focus. The binding elements throughout the project were light, duration, and location. Particular attention was given to daylight as a material force—its warmth, intensity, and ability to disperse the color spectrum into perception.
Ice and rose petals were used as temporal materials, responding directly to temperature and sunlight. Daylight film recorded shifting positions and transitions, emphasizing movement that could not be fixed or repeated. In one of the iterations, rainbow foil and a sequence of 180 images from earlier installations and performances were introduced, allowing past and present works to intersect within the same spatial and temporal field.
The project was developed within the collaborative framework south east / south west, an ongoing artistic partnership between Torbjörn Johansson and Daniela Hedman. Alongside their individual practices, the duo works through a shared investigation into natural forces and human intervention. The collaboration treats the uncontrollable as a co-creator within the artistic process, challenging habitual methods and fixed outcomes.
Through site-specific outdoor installations and works translated into exhibition formats indoors, south east / south west explores new spatial experiences. The practice moves fluidly between performance, installation, exhibition, printed matter, and video, consistently emphasizing process, transformation, and the conditions that shape perception.
Photo Anna Drvnik