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Redemption

_About_Redemption

Redemption is a distillation of ideas gathered about Richard Wagner and the perfect Gesamtkunstwerk or complete artwork. The aim is to create a space for the sublime and a state of experiencing transcendence both within and beyond ourselves. A modern rite for the modern man that connects the present with the primordial forces of the past. The work is also about alchemical transfiguration. A work that takes you deeper, darker and beyond

The quiet sound you might hear in the background (if you turn up the volum high enough) are the very same piece played inside "Redemtion" at the exhibition. The piece are about 45 min long and contain multiple samples of "Leitmotifs" from Richard Wagner´s "Ring Cycle"

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_The_Dome

Layers of styrofoam where cut in circles and glued together

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The styrofoam shaped roughly

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Applying a fill to sandpaper making the dome more even

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Applying a fill color to sandpaper in order to make the surface perfectly even and ready to mold

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Applying lots of grease as release agents before molding

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Mold using fiberglass and jesmonite

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Several layers of fiberglass and jesmonite made sure the finished dome would hold itself

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Last layer of fiberglass and jesmonite applied and the mold feels rugged

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The release agents did a poor job

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Removing the styrofoam where all about digging

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This step where exhausting

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Initial test with LED lights from Phillips

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Initial test looks promising but the surface inside of the dome needs more work

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Finished dome ready to be used

_Test_Tower

A smaller version of the final tower for essential test on the dome, the light and the acoustics whithin the tower

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View from the inside

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placing the heavy dome on top of the smaller tower

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A smaller version of the final tower for essential test on the dome, the light and the acoustics whithin the tower

_Endlessness

Stairing directly in to the dome gives the impression of stairing into endless space since the the eye has difficulties in finding a focuspoint whithin the evenly lit dome

_Fluctuating_Light

Light from the hidden LED hits the inside of the dome and reflects downwards, slowly shifting in color. The Music travel the same way from speakers placed without sight but directed against the dome

_Colors

Color test

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Color and print test

_Test_Prints

Screen prints on acrylic glass

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Detail on test print

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Preparing originals for screen printing

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Detail on original

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Large sheets of transparant acrylic glass were the choise of material to use

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Preparing the frame for screen printing

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Detail on the frame

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Prints on transparant acrylic glass

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Finished prints on sheets of transparant acrylic glass

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Painting the back of the acrylic glass to achieve the effect of a black mirror, where the motif can illuminate from, or sink in and disapear against the black background as the light condition change

_Miniature_Model

In this view the model is shown without roof and dome. The construction consist of an outer room from where you enter and the much higher tower room. You reach the tower room by traveling the narrow spiral shaped "labyrinth" in total darkness. The "labyrinth" elevates as you reach the two platforms at the end

_Miniature_Model

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_Assembly

The tower room

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The tower room and motifs

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The protecting film on the acrylic glass are still attached

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The dome about to be lifted in to place

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Upward view from the inside of the tower whith the dome in place

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Whith the dome in place the tower erects well over six meters of the ground

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The scissor lift comes handy

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LED Lights attached

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Upward view from the inside whith the dome in place and LED lights attached. Light from the hidden LED hits the inside of the dome and reflects downwards, slowly shifting in color. The Music travel the same way from speakers placed without sight but directed against the dome

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The outer room

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The outer room

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A frame constructed to hold curtains around the "box"

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The black fabric conceals whats behind, gives the structure a larger impact and the cubic feel of "the sacred stone of Caaba"

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Details on the curtain

_Sound_Absorber

The rock wool inside the whole construction did a great job as sound absorbers, creating a feeling of leaving the outside world as you travel further inwards the "labyrinth"

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Photo: Peter Grimner

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Photo: Peter Grimner

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Photo: Peter Grimner

_Exhibition

Visitors queue in line to enter

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_Fluctuating_Light

Light from the hidden LED hits the inside of the dome and reflects downwards, slowly shifting in color. The Music travel the same way from speakers placed without sight but directed against the dome

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A gasping vertical pit meets the visitors inside redemption. The large mirror under the platform does the trick

Photo: Peter Grimner

_Motifs_Illuminated

Only when there´s the right color inside the tower will these motifs illuminate before the eyes of visitors

Photo: Peter Grimner

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Former classmates and exhibition participants Bendik Kaltenborn and Kalle Johansson

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"Hunter" by Alexis Holmqvist