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Solarinstallation at Galleri Bergman

The architecture that surround us, is shaped by us and that are shaping us offers so many opportunities to interaction, but architecture is also very conservative and holy. But are we not as citizens obliged to ask ourselves why it is like this? The solar panel installation at Galleri Bergman is unique in Helsinki and maybe in Finnish city environment. I believe that it is part of democracy to carry out ideas so that there is something to discuss. We have heard that so many times when a bridge is going to be built, “stop the building of the bridge” and when the bridge is built no one wants to tear it down. The solar panel installation at Galleri Bergman works as a bridge, a bridge over bureaucracy and a bridge to understanding and acceptance of the future city environment We have to ask ourselves, how can we interact with and affect our surrounding environment otherwise then voting in democratic elections. Hopefully the art presented in the gallery can be amplified by the surrounding, consisting of solar energy lighting and that it contributes to further discussions regarding time, space and communication questions.

Ishmail Sandstroem at Galleri Bergman 111009 - 112209














Reflection.

This project felt very good to carry out thou it had been a very long struggle to achieve with all the needed permissions, meetings, discussions and problems to be solved. The installation also tied the project as a whole together. This kind of integration on a building in central Helsinki is the first of its kind, but hopefully not the last. We can never know, but hopefully it can work as an amplifier for the art presented in the gallery. After all, light and colors are a fundamental base in the visual arts and maybe this surrounding can give the viewers some new perspective on time, space and communication related questions.

I want to give my thanks to The Art Council of Finland who supported the installation financially and to Gregoire Rousseau for helping hands.

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