I went today to the artcommunity "Konstepidemin" in Gothenburg to meet with Nils Ramhoj, the recent keeper of the two masks. It turned out to be an amazing hour and a half which created many thoughts in my mind. Thoughts around art in general and thoughts around this project in particular.
We went to have lunch at the restaurant just by the studio of Nils. It's part of the community so all the different artists, musicians, dancers, writers and actors form the different studios gather there during lunchtime. At this particular lunch we came to sit at the same table as the great folkmusician Jonas Simonsson and the artist Pecka Söderberg. Jonas wanted to discuss if the art sector was diivided into different levels of art, and it's relation towards the issue of handcraft in art. He had recently been part of a discussion at the Music Academy where he felt a strong division between finer music and less fine music.. We got into a very interesting discussion around this subject that even now creates echoes in my mind of what is art? Who decide what art is? What is this project ? Art or ?????? Well in some ways I end up thinking; Is it important to know if it's art or not, do I actually care ? I guess it comes to the point that it's up to the individual to make that decision, when it all finally is presented. In this project something became very clear today sitting in the studio of Nils and just talked, talking around the basic idea itself and my other ongoing project of writing a book on my ideas on masks and it's artistic as well as social function. I realized that it's as I allready mentioned in the very first description of the project, that it was about stories and how they are createda and developed. BUT - one importnat thing was added today --- the discussion, the conversations that the project itself are initiating. I realized how important this is. Art as a reason to converse ! In some ways I am sad I didn't realize this a bit earlier... the strong inspiration it would become for me to listen to the journey that Nils have been through this last month and the journey the masks have been on, and I suddenly hoped so much to have been able to have this converastions with all the artists, but the allready made up plans makes this impossible. maybe i have to find another way to see if it is possible in some way. I just really got so thrilled by my own realisation that is this mix of expression, impression, inspiration and conversation that the re
al story are created, and if thats not art I don't know what art is. Torbjorn
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