Arts space of possibilities #2 [krig] Karin Bäckström and Jon Perman

What happens when you involve artists and bring art into urban planning and the public realm? Welcome to a presentation and conversation with Karin Bäckström and Jon Perman aka [krig] .

Saturday 29th of October at 2 pm at Kristiansund Kunsthall
Langveien 19 Kristiansund

[krig ]( meaning war) is the artistic meeting between Karin Bäckström and Jon Perman. They gave themselves the name, inspired by the traditions of punk, and with an idea to fight for the freedom of the soul, creativity and DIY ethics.
Together they release records, create installations, run a self-organized gallery/culture center Backbeatbolaget/Galleri Lars Palm in Sandviken, and organize artistic projects including Art Promotion Gävleborg. Their artistic practice revolves around emotions, craftsmanship and textiles in relation to making, social order and creating new spaces. Underlying is an interest in collectivity and creativity.

Through their projects, they want to give space to other images of places and create new realities. Under the name [krig, they produce both audio-textile “scenes/works”, performances and music as well as artistic creations and projects. Through their performances, they try to create textiles that arise and dissolve, a kind of performative textile. The textile works are made from materials found at local flea markets. The sounds of the music are collected through field recordings and samples of old local records. They contain storytelling and an anchoring to places and people through materials and associative chains of events. The scenes are layered on top of each other and eventually become something other than what they once were. The textile and the music become a material for social constructions where events and situations can also be developed into co-created projects.

The series Arts Space of possibilities is made possible by support from KORO/LOK.