The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born. Antonio Gramsci
After Life: Mapping The Unknown is a collaboration between Fine Art students at Konstfack and MA Curating Art students at Stockholm University. The exhibition is developed in the context of a course initiated by Lina Selander for students at Konstfack. The research and work leading up to the exhibition has been generously supported by the Swedish Museum of Natural History and Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus.
Installation: Unn Faleide and Carina Hundsdahl
Photography: Sebastian Höglund
7,700 years ago Mount Mazama collapsed due to an cataclysmic eruption and collapsed by its own body weight. This event created a crater. Hundreds of years of rain and snow turns the crater into a 594 meter deep lake, known by its beautiful blue surface. In January 2024 I moved to Oregon for six months. One of my objectives was to visit the lake. Due to snow storms I couldn’t. I started to collect postcards and photographs from second-hand stores to get closer to it. I looked for books about its history at the Multnomah County Central Library. I scanned documents from 1880 and forwards. Books and booklets that were not allowed to leave the library.
A story revealed itself and my idea about the lake shifted. The material decided which path the project would go. It turned out to be about Oregon’s history in relation to the place now called Crater Lake. About what is told. And what is not.