WE CALL OUR ART STYLE DECONSTRUCTED SOCIAL SURREALISM.

THROUGH BREAKING DOWN EVERYDAY LIFE AND REPRESENTING IT IN AN ABSTRACT SURREALIST MANNER OUR WORKS REFLECT LIFE, THE WORLD AROUND US, AND THE IDEAS THAT FLOW BY AND THROUGH US. INTERPRETATIONS ARE VARIED IN THE PRECISE, ABSTRACT GEOMETRY AND CHAOTIC FORMS THAT WE PRESENT.

OUR GOTHENBURG SWEDEN BASED DUO IS MADE UP OF ADAM WARD AND LOUISE HORNBERG. WE HAVE BOTH PRODUCED ART AND PARTICIPATED IN THE LOCAL ART AND MUSIC SCENE OUR ENTIRE LIVES. WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OF EXHIBITIONS BOTH TOGETHER AND SEPARATE, AND DONE VARIOUS CUSTOM ORDERED WORKS. WE HAVE ALSO ARRANGED ART EXHIBITIONS AND MUSIC EVENTS TOGETHER. LOUISE IS A TRAINED ART TEACHER, DECORATOR AND STUDYING AT GÖTEBORGS KONSTSKOLAN. ADAM IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER, ELECTRICIAN, AND 3D ARTIST.

WE CONNECT OUR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES FROM EDUCATION AND WORKING LIFE IN THE COMMON ART WE CREATE. OUR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT UPBRINGINGS, ADAM FROM CALIFORNIA AND LOUISE FROM NORTHERN SWEDEN, ARE AN ASPECT OF THE CONTRAST FILLED DYNAMICS OF WHAT WE PRODUCE.

PAINTINGS

A LARGE PORTION OF OUR WORKS ARE DONE WITH TECHNICAL DRAWING TOOLS, INK AND ACRYLICS. MOST OF WHAT WE PRODUCE IS CREATED IN STRESSFUL OR UNCOMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENTS TO HARNESS SELDOM USED ENERGY IN OUR WORKS. WE EXPERIMENT WITH RANDOM OBJECTS WE FIND IN OUR SURROUNDING AS IMPROVISED / HOMEMADE STAMPS AND BRUSHES, TO INCORPORATE NOT ONLY THE MOOD IN THE WORK BUT ALSO THE OBJECTS THAT SET THE STAGE. THE CHAOTIC FORMS THAT ARE CREATED DURING THE PROCESS ARE THEN FRAMED IN AND LIFTED OUT BY USING OBSESSIVE PRECISION AND ADVANCED ALIGNED SYMMETRICAL GEOMETRY.

​SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATIONS

WE ALSO CREATE SCULPTURES WHERE THE RAW MATERIAL THAT WE HAVE FOUND IN OUR LIVES BECOMES THE FOCUS. PROFESSIONALLY ENGINEERED FORMS, MECHANICS, LIGHTING, AND ELECTRONICS MEET CHAOS AND ABSTRACTION. RECENTLY WE HAVE BEEN INCLUDING SOUND ELEMENTS INTO THE SCULPTURES AS WELL. WE HAVE CREATED PERMANENT SCULPTURES FOR PUBLIC PLACES AND CREATED FULL ROOM INSTALLATIONS AT SEVERAL OF OUR EXHIBITIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE SOME SORT OF EXPERIENCE AT OUR ART EXHIBITIONS AND NOT ONLY HAVE SOME PAINTINGS ON THE WALL.

LIVE ANALOG VISUALS

WE ALSO DO LIVE VISUALS FOR EVENTS, WHERE WE USE ANALOG EQUIPMENT AND EQUIPMENT WE HAVE BUILT AND DESIGNED OURSELVES. THE VISUALS ARE GRITTY, GLITCHY AND PSYCHEDELIC.

MUSIC

MUSIC IS ALSO A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES AND WE PRODUCE NOISY HARSH RHYTHMS THAT WE HAVE USED TO ADD LIFE TO OUR EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS. ADAM HAS BEEN A DJ AND MUSIC PRODUCER SINCE 2012, TOURED EUROPE DJING AND DONE SEVERAL LIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SHOWS.

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Separatutställningar

2020, Techno Tunneln, Göteborg

2021, Galleri Hoss, Göteborg

2022, Frihamnsdagarna, Göteborg

Grupp/ samlingsutställningar

2021, Artjäm, Göteborg

2021, Björkökonstnod, Norrtälje

2022, Konstkollektivet, Mölndal

2022, Yaki‐Da, Göteborg

2022, Kultur Kriget, Göteborg

2022, Konstvågen, Öckerö

2022, Galleri Hoss, Göteborg

Andra offentliga framföranden

2021, Björkökonstnod, Husmanskonst

2021, Göteborg ‐ Bangers and Mash, Analogvideoverk

2022, Göteborg ‐ Mathugget, Får drömmar plats i GBG?!? Monument 2 ﴾begravning av kommersen﴿

2022, Göteborg ‐ Atalante, Äkta gul

2022, Göteborg ‐ Vagnhallen Majorna, Får drömmar plats i GBG?!? Monument 3‐6 ﴾försvar av KKV﴿

2022, Göteborg ‐ Mathugget, Får drömmar plats i GBG?!? Monument 7 ﴾Den största﴿

2022, Göteborg ‐ Frihamnsdagarna, Drömmar kommer ta sin plats! ﴾Performance verk samt offentlig gestaltning)

2022, Göteborg ‐ Block8 ‐ Bounce, Analogvideoverk

2022, Göteborg ‐ Block8 ‐ Bangers and mash, Analogvideoverk

OTHER LANGUAGES

2022, Göteborg ‐ Mathugget, Får drömmar plats i GBG?!? Monument 9 ﴾försvar av Teater Trixter﴿

Finns representerad på museum, institution

Björkökonstnod, Norrtälje, 4m hög skulptur i metal precis vid entré.

Chalmers Tekniska Högskolan, Göteborg, 1.5×1.5m stor robot som skapar konstverk från mitt kandidatarbete “The Art of Mechatronics”

Gestaltningsuppdrag

2021, Björkökonstnod, Norrtälje

2021, Trafikverket, Stenpiren Göteborg

Andra (konstnärliga) uppdrag

2019, Den goda byrån, Skådespelare

2020, Metenova, Konstverk till marknadsföring

2020, Privat uppdrag, Beställning av konstverk

2021, Metenova, Konstnärliga direktion

2021, Carl Jonsson, Bygge och design av skulptur/ instrument

Publikationer (publikationer där du är den konstnärliga avsändaren)

2019, “The Art of Mechatronics”, Chalmers Tekniska Högskolan

2020‐2022, Illustrerad Vänsterskap ﴾Helt analogt producerad, vänster‐konst på 5de upplaga﴿, Eget förlag

Övrig konstnärlig verksamhet

‐Ordförande och grundare av Conjectum, en ideell konstförening består av 25 aktiv medlemmar.

‐Inom 5 år har skapat runt 20 ideella evenemang för musiker och konstnärer i Göteborg.

‐Har varit ledare med Sebastian Rudolph Jensen projektet “Får drömmar plats i gbg?!?”

‐Kulturaktivist och politisk aktiv för att säkerställa utrymme och frihet inom konst och kultur.

‐Skapar musik och har haft flera live elektroniska musik framträdande.

‐grundare till Göteborgs Underground Kulturkalas.

‐grundare till den ideella, konstnärsdriven galleri: Galleri Hoss.

‐Varit på konstresidens på Björkökonstnod, Norrtälje i en månad. Under tiden skapade jag

flera målningar, en 4m metal skulptur vid deras entré, och hållit i en Utställning/Workshop.