What’s on your mind?   

Painting on 14 steel plates. Location: Ringsjöskolan Höör 

by Martin Svansjö  

For almost a year, I met with five pupils from the 8th grade for one hour each week. They were Agnes Ekegren, Bella Ekdahl, Josefine Högbo, Nelly Granstedt and Leia Holgersson Gyjjkol. Along with exercises, we – they – made drawings of possible or actual situations in life, whether wished for or feared. Line-drawn versions captured life in general, in the room, in the group, and beyond. The steel plates display re-drawn and combined versions in the entry space, which is mainly occupied by typical locker room lockers. The blue is the actual paint used by the Swedish Post ages ago. 

Martin Svansjö is an Artist, Architect and Document Collector working as a Lecturer in Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, LTH-Lund University and at IKDC Industrial Design Lund University.