During 2023 OpenArt have had four artists in residency in Örebro and they have some things in common. They are all going to show their result from the residency in the biennial 2024, but above all they are all four recycling scrap material in their artworks.
The artists are working with scrap materials from OpenArt's workshop, demolished artworks from previous years, found and donated material. They also access material that is no longer desired by the construction industry.
Example of pieces from Karolina Oxelväg's plastic coral reef.
Karolina Oxelväg is relying on used plastic to make a coral reef that will remind us of what our wasteful use of plastic does to the oceans. The artificial coral reef will be placed in the river alongside nature. The contrast will hopefully make the observer reflect on the climate issue. The plastic is both disposable plastics, like containers or packaging and waste material from the plastic industry. Oxelväg is making the pieces to the reef by merging the material together by using heat.
Line Bourdoiseau's work in progress.
Line Bourdoiseau and Victor Jakobsson, aka Kenne-Diss, are both using old wood to make smaller pieces that will come together as one larger piece for the city in 2024. A large number of Bourdoiseau’s shapes get their colour from old paint that she found in the OpenArt’s workshop. This is a method Bourdoiseau are used to, and thinks is very important in her artistic practice.
- I want to talk about reusing things we otherwise throw away. I believe that much of what is thrown away can be used again, Bourdoiseau told the local newspaper in an article published during her residency at OpenArt.
Victor Jakobsson, aka Kenne-Diss is working in OpenArt's workshop.
For the fourth residency artist, Mike Inglis, OpenArt collected old windows with a wooden frame and together with the windows, Inglis used recycled wood and old tin roofs to make a piece that will float on the river. The artwork is about broken homes, broken lives and broken minds.
Mike Inglis work in progress.
OpenArt can only do some, it is truly the artists that make the difference. But by choosing artists that in different way creates artwork with other peoples waste, we fill the city of Örebro with consciousness about our most important questions right now.
OPENART 2024 is taking place between June 15 – September 8, in Örebro, Sweden.
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Promoting sustainability and creativity through art is a powerful way to address the issue of waste in our society.
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Kudos to OpenArt for championing the idea that art and sustainability can go hand in hand, setting an example for others to follow.
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Great circular approach! Looking forward to visiting Örebro and OpenArt again this upcoming year :D
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Looking forward to this major event
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Great way of turning waste into resources. Already looking forward to OpenArt 2024!