Conditions of Flowing
07.06. > 25.06.2023
Sofie Amalie Andersen
Exhibition
LARS presents
Conditions of Flowing
by Sofie Amalie Andersen (DK)
Opening 7th June 6pm
07.06.23 - 25.06.23
At Rua Ilha do Príncipe 3A - Porta E, 1170-182 Lisboa
The exhibition will be open on the 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th from 14h - 18h. Other dates by appointment.
In the exhibition titled ‘Conditions of Flowing’ Danish artist Sofie Amalie Andersen will show several new works, including marble stone sculptures and a series of lenticular prints. In these works, Andersen plays around with language, raising questions about the popular use of literary and philosophical quotes.
Ancient philosopher Heraclitus is often cited for saying: ‘You cannot step into the same river twice'. Andersen splits and reforms the sentence into two co-existing alternative statements: ‘a no to the same twice’ and ‘you can’t step in river ice’. By using the effect of the lenticular printing method, we are faced with several versions made out of the same sentence, activated by physically moving our feet, and thus our point of view.
Andersen reflects in the exhibition upon the several meanings of the words of “current”, “currency”, and“currentness”. In physical science, a current depends on whether a series of specific physical conditions are met, in other words a “flow” has to be present to create the current.
A particular flow presents itself in the hand carved stone sculptures, resembling thick cables, like underwater sea-cables, creeping along the dark sea bottom unseen, a giant snake, connecting the continents. This particular “snake” is made out of several unique marble pieces, connected together with a symbolic use of electrical tape.
Sofie Amalie Andersen
Sofie Amalie Andersen (b. Sorgenfri, 1989) is a Danish visual artist, living and working between Denmark and Portugal. Her artistic practice spans from sculpture and installation to text and drawing in various printed formats. She graduated from Malmö Art Academy (MFA) in 2021, the Oslo Art Academy (BFA) in 2018 and the University of Copenhagen (BA) in 2013. In 2022 she attended the Maumaus International Study Program in Lisbon. Sofie Amalie Andersen has made several public art projects in Denmark and presented her work internationally, latest at blaxTARLINES project space Kumasi (GH), Alfaia (PT), Sharp Projects (DK) and Gallery Heerz Tooya (BG). Besides her artistic practice, she is the founder of the exhibition space SOL in Nexø (DK), where she has been curating and organizing exhibitions for a number of international artists since 2019. Conditions of Flowing will be her first solo-exhibition in Portugal.
Lars
Lars is an artist-run curatorial project, started in 2021 by Joana Oliveira (PT) and Thyra Dragseth (NO). Our work will be based in various locations in and around Lisbon.
The project aims to create new spaces for showing art as well as a meeting place for critical thinking and theory, critique sessions, and togetherness. By being a non-profit artist-run initiative it strives to be a space untangled from the commercial art world. Lars is a space where emerging artists get an opportunity to show their projects in a professional environment, as well as a space where established artists can work within the freedom that comes from non-profit milieus.
Lars is supported by the Gulbenkian Foundation and is currently a pilot project, concentrated on 2022. Our ideal is to continue working with Lars to be a new initiative taker in the Portuguese art scene, as well as to create a network between Scandinavia and Portugal.