“…something that was, & isn´t”
Exhibited Gallerí Úthverfa / Outvert Art Space, Isafjördur 2022
Developed following the aftermath of the 2020 landslides in Seyðisfjörður, the sculpture resembles the occurring deformation of buildings. We witness folded and morphed shafts of raw timber, missing any sense of their previous purpose, eliciting new apparitions. Lohmann uses the same steam bending techniques used to build wooden ships to compose the sculpture, a nod to the former shipyard destroyed by the landslide.
Two photos taken during the clean-up of the devastated area after the 2020 Seyðisfjörður landslides depict the aftermath and remnants of two rooms in the museum. The kaffistofa (cafeteria) and skrifstofa (office). These rooms were always experienced as some kind of time-capsule, a familiar and timeless space. The pictures show the places in their physically manipulated state. Distorted by natural forces, powered by mud and water. For Lohmann, the images form a thicket of illogical memory, their now distorted mosaic parts stir recollection, prompting an attempt to reconstruct theformer spaces.
The photos are reproduced as four color intaglio photopolymer prints and exhibited in custom framed using polyacetal, a plastic commonly used in the fishing industry.