Sweden — A new art project got under way at the mall in Handen on Sunday when all of a sudden 12 people began to sing. The project is called Konsten i Centrum. A bit of a word play. Art in the (Shopping) Centre might be a possible English translation. This first part of the project is called Translations for higher resolutions. Choreographed by Jennifer Rainsford who received the Haninge Art Stipendiary last year.All of a sudden people began to sing, (or at least to hum), near the Taco Bar at the Haninge mall on Sunday. It was the opening of a new art project created by three artists, Cecilia Järdemar, Jennifer Rainsford and Rut Karin Zettergren. Called Konsten i Centrum. A bit of a word play. Art in the (Shopping) Centre might be a possible English translation. This part of the project is called Translations for higher resolutions. Choreographed by Jennifer Rainsford who received the Haninge Art Stipendiary last year.
Using a pattern of rubber tiles on the floor, a sound is created when the choir moves over the floor to the different tiles. Pictures and sound created by people is connected with social status according to the artist, who asks what might happen if old pictures and sounds are created in a new context.
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