Hasta La Ideas

Sven and Nils Völker—graphic designer and installation artist, respectively, though they both do both—are pleased to present a pair of new installations at Flø in Ulsteinvik, Norway.

For the art festival “Go with the Flø” in Norway we’ve turned an old school gym into one large installation. It’s an interplay of two site specific installations which fill up the whole room.

On the wall is the work “Haven’t Seen Myself in Ages” by Sven Völker. A huge wall of 414 posters which are illuminated by color changing lights. Thereby the appearance of the whole wall is constantly changing and different forms appear and disappear again.

The middle of the room is dominated by the installation “Twenty Eight” by Nils Völker. A 15 meter long double row of white plastic bags which are selectively inflated and deflated in controlled rhythms creating wavelike patterns and a sizzling soundscape.

As a column of inflatable plastic bags, “Twenty Eight” is ostensibly a rework of “Thirty-Six,” which was suspended ceiling as a sort of respirating chandelier. His brother’s work, on the other hand, is easily the cynosure of the space: the kaleidoscopic pop hues belie their simple paper construction.

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