At the heart of this exhibition are roughly sixty photographs by Borg Mesch\u2019s (1869\u20131956), depicting Kiruna\u2019s earliest years\u2014the construction of the railway to the Atlantic coast, the magnificent northern landscape, and the S\u00e1mi Indigenous population. Variations in technique, size, and framing suggest how his images have been used in different periods and contexts.<\/p>\n
Kiruna-based photographer Hans-Olof Utsi has documented how Mesch\u2019s images are used throughout the city: they appear on the fa\u00e7ade of the swimming hall, in hotel lobbies, and in nursing homes. In his new work for the exhibition, artist Mikhail Tolmachev focuses on Mesch\u2019s studio photography and how such practices stage people and nature for a particular gaze.<\/p>\n
Today, Borg Mesch\u2019s photographs offer a unique insight into how Kiruna emerged in the tension between local needs and national economic interests. In doing so, they also reflect the colonial projects that shaped the north at the time. With images from Kiruna Municipality\u2019s image collection, the exhibition conveys how Borg Mesch\u2019s photographs have been used over the years but also provides an insight into how the view of photography as a historical document and aesthetic object has shifted. The selection and compilation were carried out by Niclas \u00d6stlind, professor of photography at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, together with Hans-Olof Utsi.<\/p>\n
You can find more information about the exhibition on Kins website!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the heart of this exhibition are roughly sixty photographs by Borg Mesch\u2019s (1869\u20131956), depicting Kiruna\u2019s earliest years\u2014the construction of the railway to the Atlantic coast, the magnificent northern landscape, and the S\u00e1mi Indigenous population. Variations in technique, size, and framing suggest how his images have been used in different periods and contexts. Kiruna-based photographer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19829,"parent":0,"template":"","event_sasong":[123],"event_type":[242],"class_list":["post-19827","evenemang","type-evenemang","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_sasong-summer-autumn","event_type-artexhibition"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n