Snowball Cultural Productions presents the exhibition:

MORE OR LESS BANK
with artists Leslie Johnson and Smriti Mehra in collaboration with Josefina Posch
Walk-by-Opening reception June 4th 3:30-7pm, the artsits will be present
June 4th - July 10th, 2021 Nordstan entré Spannmålsgatan,

July 9th 3-6pm Performance - Se hur vi tvätta våra pengar...
Med Big D och DJ E.M.O.

The bank as a space in a fixed place is more and more disappearing from our communities. At the same time, the bank is everywhere - in shops, restaurants, bars and above all on our mobile phones. The exhibition “More or Less Bank” is a scenographic installation referring to the bank's function and the bank as a place. The project is presented in a situation that the work revolves around - an ordinary commercial premises in Nordstan.

The installation consists of: The documentation of a fully loan functioning system where art is lent out in return for another work as collateral, a banco-laundromat and Financial Cushions with embroidered text that brings to mind the bank's customer service and hospitality. A Do-It-Yourself video shows customers how to grow a “money plant" and in the bank's real estate section a magic carpet with patterns representing a luxury villa's architectural drawing is found. Artists participating in the loan system are Leslie Johnson, Pia König, Erik Lagerwall, Matt Lee, Smriti Mehra, Anne Marta Overaa, Anna Persson, Chinar Shah, Rainer Tihvan, Bob Watts, Ola Åstrand.


About the artists:
Leslie Johnson is a Swedish-American artist active nationally and internationally, and professor in Fine Art at HDK-Valand and Smriti Mehra, video artist based in London, have done several projects together under the name Famous Artist and their work "Financial Cushions" is shown in the exhibition. Together with the artist Chinar Shah, they created the exhibition "Bubble in Progress: do not disturb" 2018 at Galleri Box and the video was shown at Sharjah International Film Festival, UAE, 2020.

Josefina Posch is an internationally active artist, runs Snowball Cultural Productions and teaches Fine Art at HDK-Valand. Her most recent collaboration with Leslie Johnson was the exhibition "Metamorphosis of Power" in Gori, Georgia part of the 3rd Tbilisi Triennial, 2018.


Med stöd av Göteborgs Stad Kultur - Pronto!

NORDSTAN