Pink Shade Water Wall
Katrineholms Konsthall, 2018
with Mats Lindström
During the exhibition Shades of Pink at Katrineholms Konsthall, I invited musician and sound artist Mats Lindström to collaborate on a one-hour live performance that extended the exhibition into a temporal, performative event.
The performance unfolded in front of three large, stretched canvases. Working with water as my primary material, I activated the surfaces through repetitive, physical gestures. The canvases were close-miked, allowing the sounds produced by the interaction between body, water, and fabric to be amplified in the space. Parts of the sound were projected directly to the audience, while other elements were routed into Lindström’s electronic setup.
Through live processing, the captured sounds were transformed into both audible textures and control signals. These impulses activated a series of red fluorescent lights, which flickered and pulsed in response to the sonic input. Sound, light, and action became inseparable, forming a feedback loop where material gesture generated sound, sound shaped light, and light redefined the spatial experience.
The performance functioned as a live extension of the exhibition’s investigation into color as energy, atmosphere, and bodily experience—where painting, sound, and light merged into a single, time-based composition.