Petronella Petander, The Haven, 2020
HD-video with stereo sound
Duration: 19:25 min
Sound: Thomas Deak
Script, photo, edit, voice: Petronella Petander
The Haven takes place in the communal laundry house; typical to Swedish housing complexes and a kind of frame of mind for ordinary life. The laundry house is not only a warm and temporary safe space, it is also a place where it is possible to be somebody else, for a couple of hours. In an uncertain and vanishing existence, simple everyday routines – like doing laundry – becomes a way to hold on, and to belong. The film is a part of Petronella Petander’s graduation project at the Master program in Fine Arts at Konstfack 2020.
About the artist
Petronella Petander (1977) is an artist based in Stockholm. She works within a tradition of storytelling, examining narrative methods through text, video, voice, audio, photography and installations. The works recurrently process themes such as place, memory and time; in attempts to understand how these concepts leave imprints on a human body and mind, as well as in the body of society.