Where are we going?

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The idea was to put something in the water that would be so odd that you must

stop for a while wondering what is that.

Then when you work outside you have a completly different room to dismantel,

fi rst there is the large scale of the out-

side, -then there is all the things

already there to be understood, accepted

or neglected...

Almost everything we buy has been in a box, this work deals with questions around

our fast moving, material runned society.

So to put it as simple as possible, we

began with a question...

Where are we going?

It was really a great experience working together with people

who has normally almost no contact with art. Different

questions were asked, different solutions were made, -not bad,

only different. What stayed was the fact that we learned alot

from each other, there was much laughing and many anecdotes

were told during the working process. In the end we felt that

everybody were proud, and the great moment was when we put

the large boxes into the water.

Where are you going were realised for the OpenART festival in

Örebro, Sweden in the summer of 2008. We got fantastic

support, from the guys at the Technical department, both before

and during the construction of our large boxes.

Where are we going?

Since the last five years we’ve added the box into our work,

turning them on the head, putting light or sound inside,

stacking them togheter like landscapes or just as single

pieces. For us the box is like a sign of our time. Almost

everything we use, own, has been in a box, like food, furniture,

clothes and more. We’re somehow the boxed era, and not

to forget, -we all have our own private boxes, -TV’s, -palms,

-computers, -cellphones and more.

They’re instruments which makes us travel through space and

time, -giving us access to the world in a new way. Pumping us

with usefull and useless informations at the same time. They

connect us with our friends in a lightspeeded joy that brings

us away from here and now, or..? Well the question that

comes to mind, is: -Where are we going?

And don’t we all have one or two unpacked boxes from the

past? Either with physical or emotional impact. Stored boxes

that can change our mood instantly the very moment they

open. It seems like everything is being packed in and packed

up in this world.

Artist: Jonnson/Aguirre

Object: Where are you going?

Tech.: Floating sculpture formation

Size: Each 240 x 120 x 240cm

Date: 2008

Material: Wood, joists, banner-prints, plastic, metal, etc

Short description:

Three enlarged ”paperboxes” made to fl oat on the water. Each

box only secured with one anchor point, then this allows

them (the boxes) to move more freely with the wind and the

water current.

Images are from a photoseries that talks about comming

closer to situations and feelings such as; being on time,

anger and questions dealing with loss and acceptance for new

situations...

Jonnson/AguirreWhere are we goingwaterboxes // 2008

contact: +46.731.560019 mail: ja@jonnsonaguirre.com

h-page: www.jonnsonaguirre.com

s”Where are we going” was realised for the Örebro OpenART festival 2008. The boxes moves around, changing positions due to the wind and the water current.

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contact: +46.731.560019 mail: ja@jonnsonaguirre.comh-page: www.jonnsonaguirre.com