Mattias Harenstam
Website: http://www.mattiasharenstam.com
Born in Göteborg, Sweden, he studied at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen, Norway, and the Staatliche Hochschule fur Städelsschule bildende Kunste Frankfurt. At the present, he lives and works in Berlin and Oslo.
Closed circuit (In the middle of Sweden), 2011, 3’01”
The video is inspired by the painting “In the middle of Sweden” (1972-73) by Peter Tillberg and shows a quiet residential street somewhere in Sweden. The camera moves constantly along the street, enters a large hole and is “swallowed” by a huge chewing mouth, re-emerging again on the same street. This time the setting is darker and the sky is red. The camera goes on the road once again and follows the same hole, this time leading to a giant intestine that “we” go through, to find ourselves again on the same road … and the cycle begins again.
InsideOut 