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Art description:
The sound piece Jag är störst /I am great is aiming to find a form to unite individuals in a secular country. The starting point is Sweden, the most secular country in the world where belief in the individual is strong. I am the caller of a prayer where the is worshiped, using the same aesthetics as the call broadcast from a minaret.
In Sweden and other highly secular countries today, we have difficulty finding values to unite us beyond consumer messages, advertising or the belief in a god. From an early age we learn that we are responsible for the development of our own lives.
Is it possible to see people around us as a communal "we", while we are so closely defined by? Is this a natural part of our struggle to become the self-confident "I" who can achieve anything?
Can we “ through I (myself)“ create a uniting power through the belief in ourselves as individuals? This in combination with our ambition to distinguish ourselves by individual branding and choices in our way of living.
What is uniting people in Sweden today?
The work discusses contemporary belief and outlook on life, secularization and individualism as a result of western capitalism, where the belief in our selves is the main motivation.
Listen to the sound piece here:
http://www.artliberated.org/sound/Ulrika_Sparre_Iam%20great.mp3
Incident:
The piece was going to be shown in Tumba Centrum and the project space of Botkyrka Hall of Arts (Botkyrka Konsthall) in September 2007.
One week before the opening the artspace said they could not show the piece.
A representative within the municipality had said the piece could be perceived as provocative. The piece might offend Muslims in the area, and this could bring negative attention to the artspace. They also shifted the blame onto the censorship accusing the artist of not obtaining approval from the project among the locals community in Botkyrka.
Current status:
The piece will be exhibited at an artist run space.
8 & 9 December 2007, Bastard Gallery, Discussion Saturday 8 December15.00, www.bastardgallery.se, Östgötagatan 87a, Stockholm
Opposed by: Botkyrka Hall of Arts (Botkyrka Konsthall)
Reason: Political
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