List of works and artist's statement

List of works and artist’s statement by Pia Arke for the group show Fie Johansen, Pia Arke on view in Albertslund Town Hall, Albertslund, Denmark, April 29 – May 23

The Danish text reads:

“Exhibited objects:

1. Pinhole camera 140 x 165 x 170 cm, private collection

2. Photostat 3., 4., 5., and 6. Pinhole camera photograph

The pinhole camera photograph is from a place in South Greenland; the place is ‘Nuugaarsuk’ situated 2 km outside the town of Narssaq. List of works and artist’s statement by Pia Arke for the group show Fie Johansen, Pia Arke on view in Albertslund Town Hall, Albertslund, Denmark, April 29 – May 23, 1994. Collection of the Danish National Art Library, Copenhagen. Photo: Peter Baastrup The pinhole camera is made of wood. Its dimensions accord with my size, so that I can stand and lie inside it. It was built in Copenhagen, after which I sent it by ship to South Greenland. Five months of 1990 passed from the time when I got the idea to when I had ‘the image in the box.’ I grew up in bleak places like this. They functioned as communication and weather observation posts for the surrounding world. They were established in the mid-1920s and were closed down during the 1980s in step with technological developments (satellites). I have always had a strong desire to revisit these places to see what has become of them. They have accompanied me in my memory – they are a part of me and my way of seeing and experiencing the world. They have a very clear language, which speaks of time, development, oblivion, and transience. They remind me of who we are. Not always in a comforting manner.”

1994

Collection of the Danish National Art Library, Copenhagen.