INGELA IHRMAN

Land of Silence and Darkness (with Christina Langert) borrows its title and main theme from the german director Werner Herzogs 1973 documentary. Herzhogs film depicts the life of Fini Straubinger — a deaf-blind old woman in sparkling vigour. In september 2009, Christina Langert and I bicycled 600 kilometers, from Skeppsholmen in Stockholm to Wanås Foundation in the Scanian village Knislinge. We were using a tandem designed for a disabled person with escort. In an attempt to imitate deaf-blindness, we took turns to foreclose ourselves from visual and auditory impressions. Our experiences from the trip — mileues, thoughts, struggles and the secluded contition we deliberately put ourselves in — became the starting point for an installation exhibited at Wanås Foundation.

The project was realized within En annan väg / Another Way, initiated by professor Ann-Sofi Sidén with Royal Art Academy in Stockholm and Wanås Foundation, 2009-2010.

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