I Moved in the Direction of the Text

I Moved in the Direction of the Text
(2017)
Photo by Göran Billeson
Photo by Göran Billeson

I Moved in the Direction of the Text

2017
Sandblasted concrete and stone. Permanent public commission, Vallastaden, Linköping

Nine sentences sandblasted into the built environment at various locations across the residential area. Each sentence addresses the reader in movement — on a pavement, at a corner, over a railing — placing their own body, posture and the passing moment at the centre.


Pictured sentences:

my curiosity | around the next corner | led me further

I moved closer to the maple | in the direction of the text | towards City Gross | Kaliningrad | Damascus

there | against the wall | I had to bend down | to read on

I could have stepped on them | but read the words | neck facing the sky

if the light were to fall against the letters | my shadow on the ground | underneath would be darkness, roots, earth


Commissioner: Linköping municipality. Art consultant: Åsa-Viktoria Wihlborg/ArtPlatform
Special thanks to: Khashayar Naderehvandi and Rikard Heberling


I Moved in the Direction of the Text
(2017)
I Moved in the Direction of the Text
(2017)
I Moved in the Direction of the Text
(2017)
I Moved in the Direction of the Text
(2017)

I Moved in the Direction of the Text

2017
Sandblasted concrete and stone. Permanent public commission, Vallastaden, Linköping

Nine sentences sandblasted into the built environment at various locations across the residential area. Each sentence addresses the reader in movement — on a pavement, at a corner, over a railing — placing their own body, posture and the passing moment at the centre.


Pictured sentences:

my curiosity | around the next corner | led me further

I moved closer to the maple | in the direction of the text | towards City Gross | Kaliningrad | Damascus

there | against the wall | I had to bend down | to read on

I could have stepped on them | but read the words | neck facing the sky

if the light were to fall against the letters | my shadow on the ground | underneath would be darkness, roots, earth


Commissioner: Linköping municipality. Art consultant: Åsa-Viktoria Wihlborg/ArtPlatform
Special thanks to: Khashayar Naderehvandi and Rikard Heberling