Air Space
Site-specific temporary installation in Uppsala Hospital Park, part of the exhibition Horizon of the Hospital, 2021
Uppsala hospital now houses a studio association but was built as a psychiatric hospital that opened in 1885. Air Space consisted in three different air spaces with benches, placed in the park outside Uppsala Hospital. The dimensions of the spaces corresponded to the cubic meters of air calculated for the different patient categories at the Hospital: 39.5 m3 for first-class patients, 19.8 m3 for calm patients and 16.7 m3 for “anxious and untidy”. The ceiling height is 3.8 m in all three air spaces, corresponded to that in the Hospital building. The visitor could lie down on the bench, feel the space and look up at the sky.
Air Space
Site-specific temporary installation in Uppsala Hospital Park, part of the exhibition Horizon of the Hospital, 2021
Uppsala hospital now houses a studio association but was built as a psychiatric hospital that opened in 1885. Air Space consisted in three different air spaces with benches, placed in the park outside Uppsala Hospital. The dimensions of the spaces corresponded to the cubic meters of air calculated for the different patient categories at the Hospital: 39.5 m3 for first-class patients, 19.8 m3 for calm patients and 16.7 m3 for “anxious and untidy”. The ceiling height is 3.8 m in all three air spaces, corresponded to that in the Hospital building. The visitor could lie down on the bench, feel the space and look up at the sky.
