Trondheim kunstmuseum

16 mm film, løkkesystem (på hjul)
En remse 16 mm film er spent til spoler omkring i rommet. I hjørnet projiseres et målebånd på veggen, som om rommets størrelse blir målt gjennom filmen. Av og til kan fokuset vårt på det målte bli så viktig for oss at vi glemmer å legge merke til konteksten målingen kom fra i utgangspunktet – enten det gjelder verdensrekorder eller statistikker knyttet til klimaforandringer. Installasjonen Singularity stiller på ironisk vis spørsmål rundt denne ensrettede vektleggingen av resultater uten bevissthet på omgivelsene det kom fra. Hva er det egentlig som måles?

16 mm film, loop system (wheels)
A strip of 16 mm film is attached to wheels around the room. In the corner, a tape measure is projected on the wall, as if the size of the room is being measured through the film. Sometimes, our focus on what’s measured can become so overshadowing that we forget to notice the context the measurement came from in the first place – whether it concerns world records or statistics related to climate change. The installation Singularity ironically questions this unidirectional emphasis on results without awareness of the environment it came from. What exactly is being measured?

Alexander Gutke (b. 1971, Sweden) lives and works in Malmö, Sweden. Gutke works within the conceptual and minimalist tradition. Analogue apparatuses such as cameras, film and slide projectors are some of the main components in his art practice. Gutke investigates these technical elements as objects and mechanical devices and uses them as tools and objects in his works and narrative creating a visual illusionism and a poetic and mystical materialism. Through his works, the artist explores a whole host of issues, ranging from narrative self-reflexivity, measurement, space, light, shade, darkness and what can be best described as a metaphysical existentialism.