Democracy

2007
Colour photographs
28 cm x 21 cm
A total of 240 photographs.
The number of photographs exhibited/installed depends on the size of the exhibition wall and space.

View of Democracy in group exhibition “Crowd 0-infinity”, curator Guillaume Désanges (Work Method), Art Center for Contemporary Arts, La Tolerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2008.


Democracy 90/240 photographs.


Detail of 4 photographs.

Photographs taken in People’s Parks around Sweden depicting their varying architecture and scenography. Each park was constructed by its local citizens during their free time. All the parks in Democracy are currently active. The photographs were taken before the opening season, during closing days, and sometimes between two festivities, always avoiding the crowds. The title Democracy comes from the slogan used by the People’s Parks and Houses organization. The first People’s House was established in 1890 in Kristiansstad and the first People’s Park in Malmö in 1893. There are  658 member organizations in Sweden.

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