{"id":6514,"date":"2015-10-02T11:33:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T11:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/?post_type=bonnier_exhibition&p=6514"},"modified":"2026-10-09T09:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:49:46","slug":"insomnia-2","status":"publish","type":"bonnier_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/utstallning\/insomnia-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Insomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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24 sep 2016 \u2192 22 jan 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Participating Artists:<\/b> Carsten H\u00f6ller, Katarina L\u00f6fstr\u00f6m, Julia Feyrer, Tamara Henderson, Kate Cooper, Leif Elggren och Rafa\u00ebl Rozendaal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The eight hours that we now associate with sound sleep and health is quite a new phenomenon in human history. Before, just as many animals do, man slept in sync with the shifts of seasons and daylight, and often in two segments. People even spoke of the first and the second sleep. The time in between them, which came in the middle of the night and could vary between one and several hours, was a period of wakefulness in which people ate, had sex or worked. These sleepless night hours could also bear with them a particular sense of creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cultural shifts in sleeping habits go together with changes in our ways of living, and developments in technology have disconnected us from the natural variations in light. The possibility of direct communication at any geographical distance has shattered the 24-hour rhythm of the time zones. We can stay awake, stay productive \u2013 and keep consuming \u2013 regardless of what time of day it is or where we are. The possibility of withdrawing has become a privilege of the few, or an outright act of artistic resistance. The exhibition Insomnia <\/i>draws a map of the mental and cultural state that this constant accessibility creates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carsten H\u00f6ller\u2019s Two Roaming Beds (Grey) <\/i>will allow for visitors to spend the night at the museum, slowly drifting through the exhibition and different dream states. Julia Feyrer & Tamara Henderson\u2019s works are manifestations of excursions into different modes of consciousness, while Katarina L\u00f6fstr\u00f6m explores the limits of consciousness and losing control. Leif Elggren lets the visitor eavesdrop, curled up like a child under Freud\u2019s iconic sofa. Kate Cooper\u2019s animations touches on questions about image, representation and labour in the digital age, while Rafa\u00ebl Rozendaal\u2019s 15 websites play on the idea of the ever active, always accessible. Rozendaal\u2019s works will also take over Bonniers Konsthall\u2019s website, and be displayed on commercial billboards in the city. These contemporary artists meet key works by Mladen Stilinovi\u0107, Maya Deren and Andy Warhol illustrating how sleep, wakefulness and other states of consciousness have been manifested through art history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 24th<\/sup> a 12-hour long opening night will take place. Starting at sunset and ending at sunrise, Bonniers Konsthall will be filled with performances, workshops, rituals, live music and DJs. The night offers a special performance by L.A-based artist Wu Tsang together with boychild and cellist Patrick Belaga. Appearances also by Leif Elggren\/Marja-leena Sillanp\u00e4\u00e4, Gideonsson\/Londr\u00e9, Julia Feyrer & Tamara Henderson, Maya Louren\u00e7o, Karl Holmqvist, Nahum Mantra and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insomnia<\/em> is accompanied by an extensive programme of lectures and performances. A publication is also published on the occasion of the exhibition, with new material as well as key texts related to insomnia as a social and cultural metaphor. With contributions from Martin Herbert, Jonathan Crary, Siri Hustvedt, Raqs Media Collective and Sara Arrhenius among others, the book is the first in Bonniers Konsthall\u2019s new publication series, created in collaboration with Art & Theory Publishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curator for the exhibition is Sara Arrhenius. Insomnia <\/i>is on display at Bonniers Konsthall from September 24 2016 until January 22 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to Atracta, the Mexican Embassy in Stockholm and Miss Clara Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image: Exhibition view, Insomnia, 2016<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Katarina L\u00f6fstr\u00f6m, Downhill<\/em>, 2014. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exhibition view, Insomnia<\/em>, 2016. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exhibition view, Insomnia<\/em>, 2016. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exhibition view, Insomnia<\/em>, 2016. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exhibition view, Insomnia<\/em>, 2016. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exhibition view, Insomnia<\/em>, 2016. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Julia Feyrer & Tamara Henderson,\u00a0The Old Hag<\/em>, 2015-2016. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Carsten H\u00f6ller,\u00a0Two Roaming Beds (Grey)<\/em>, 2015. Photo: Jean-Baptiste B\u00e9ranger \/ Bonniers Konsthall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7552,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":null,"_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"dc_blocks_simple_meta_v2_settings":[],"dc_blocks_post_thumb_focal_point":[],"dc_blocks_simple_data":[{"dataType":"date","privateLabel":"Exhibition start date","dataValue":"2016-09-24 00:00:00"},{"dataType":"date","privateLabel":"Exhibition end date","dataValue":"2017-01-22 00:00:00"}]},"bkh-artists":[],"calendar_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-6514","bonnier_exhibition","type-bonnier_exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bonnier_exhibition\/6514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bonnier_exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bonnier_exhibition"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bonnier_exhibition\/6514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42588,"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bonnier_exhibition\/6514\/revisions\/42588"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bkh_artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bkh-artists?post=6514"},{"taxonomy":"calendar_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bonnierskonsthall.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/calendar_event_category?post=6514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}