Marta’s Atelier
Detail by Marta Berglund, Riksarkivet Visby
“Crucial pieces are missing in history — women have disappeared, or remain forgotten in the archives.”
By coincidence, Florence Montmare discovers that she is directly related to one of Gotland's most prolific female photographers — Marta Berglund (1892-1973). An interactive installation about memory and representation, the exhibition explores photography in the past and present. The exhibition includes prints, video projections, text, objects, and archive materials. Designed as a research lab, the artist invites the public to participate in the process of discovering Berglund, contribute with facts and photos, and be photographed in front of her recreated backdrop.
Women remain forgotten in history, and there is a lack of source material for the 20th century. Collaborating with the National Swedish Archive, the artist attempts to remedy this, while also posing the question: “How do you archive yourself for an unknown future?”
Press (Swedish)
“How do you archive yourself for an unknown future?”
