Hannah Nyberg Swedish, b. 1985
Resolution of Compressed Deep Time #1, 2020
Bituminous coal, algae, raw linen, evaporated water
144 x 81 cm
Photo: Barthelemy Garcia
The earth folded onto itself as if closing a book, a world of jungle and ancient animals compressed into one. Over 60 million years became a vein of bituminous coal....
The earth folded onto itself as if closing a book, a world of jungle and ancient animals compressed into one. Over 60 million years became a vein of bituminous coal. These paintings are an attempt to unfold it again and resurrect it with the water of our time. Stretched in the ratio of the screens, the compressed gaze of the pandemic times, showing us spaces we could no longer inhabit. They are temporally paused in the dynamics of water and coal, free to fall and float again.