works Jenny Persson

PUBLIC ARTWORK

PUBLIC ARTWORK SVENSTAHALLEN Unsplit Second I & II

Sculptural photo installation with life size figures, captured in one whole undivided second, without splitting up or freezing the motion. Since this is a place devoted to motion, I wanted to create something to energize both body and mind.

The two spaces are very tall but narrow at 3,3 x 4,6 x 1,5 meter each. Only a small part is visible from the doorways, once you are inside you get the full experience.

The central pieces are back-lit and act as general lighting to an area that would otherwise be completely black and look like dark holes when vacated. When entering the space, motion detectors activate spotlights, highlighting the figures mounted on three levels: directly onto the wall, on shaped MDF and on shaped PVC, hanging freely.

WORKS

MONOLOGUE

Going Nowhere Fast

Trying to Find Balance

Changing Directions

Reaching for the Stars

Asking Myself

Taking a Step Back

Treading Lighly In Uncharted Territory

Staying centered

An internal monologue that goes on and on.

Questions and decisions to make. Never knowing if you get it right.

Finding balance is a constant struggle.

IMPERFECT: SUBJECTIVE DOCUMENTARY

Photography mixed with oil, ink and/or watercolour

This body of work is strongly connected to a sense of place and a person's connection with it -- the things and places I choose to photograph are often overlooked and not seen worthy of care and attention, but that is exactly what I want to give them. I'm not interested in sunsets and monuments, but in the small things that in themselves can be very grand indeed.

A photo is always subjective and the photographer has made a number of choices.

Yet we tend to look at photos and think: that's Harestad church, forgetting that it's only a representation "Ceci n'est pas une pipe".

The traces of the hand acts as a reminder that a photograph is indeed dependent on reality, but there is a person behind the camera setting the agenda, calling the shots.

BLACK, WHITE AND THE GRADIENT IN BETWEEN

Portraits captured in one slow-speed-shot animating the face, showing the person from different angles simultaneously

Study for a planned project.

The idea is to interview and photograph people from a multitude of ages and interests.

In a world where everything seems polarised and the ones who shout loudest are the ones we hear, I want to capture the greyscale and subtleties of the human condition

SURFACE RAPTURE

Colour photography C-41, folded

A lustrous rapture in structure and surface, the magic of a flat image becoming sculptural. Most of the photos in this series are shot in London Belgravia, the grand buildings can sometimes be hinted in puddles of water or in the reflection of a car

SPRING/REACH a sketch composited of several images I would love to realise in full scale!