future scenarios....next magic show at larrys corner

Exhibition: 16. - 26. November 2011
Location: Larry’s Corner, Grindsgatan 35, Stockholm
http://www.larryscorner.se/
www.parallel-production.com/future-scenarios/

Photography and text: Alex Backstrom
Curator and project manager: Sally Müller
Produced by Parallel Production
For further information please contact info@parallel-production.com

Future Scenarios [Stockholm]

Future Scenarios is a continuing art project, with its beginning in Stockholm 2011, where the use of photography and the creation of QR Codes, connects the metropolis pragmatism with its digital perspective. Through the code the visitor is given the opportunity to connect its presence with its current position, and the chance to answer one fundamental question: Why are you here?

Through the linking the viewer is able to witness its own present location from the view of another. Time and place are no longer a static occurrence. Residents of a city are viewed upon as mere shadows of the past, lingering to a metropolis where future scenarios have already happened.

What is a metropolitan without its population? Neglected areas and street corners within the city core are often forgotten, undetected by those who pass. What are our obligations towards a city we have created, and what is the purpose for our continuous symbiosis? Can a city transform and evolve without our meddling? Will it continue to exist, recreate itself without our realization of what is progressing from our creation?

These are all questions “Future Scenarios” tries to unveil as the inhabitants have the opportunity to view the place they pass with the lack of their own presence. ly a