Sandra Andersson

Born in Helsingborg, Sweden, 1974

Living in Gothenburg, working as a photographer/artist.

Hallå! (-01)

I was using my voice in different kinds of exhausting ways, for example calling out hallå for one whole hour, recording it on a cassette tape. Hallå! is about beeing seen and listened to.

Hallå! has been presented at Cash Box, Galleri Box in Göteborg and at Kulturnattsnatten, Galleri Cirkulations Centralen, Malmö.

In my sound art work I´m dealing with awareness and environment, finding and exploring interesting places and situations, to bring foward the influence of sound.

2000-2004 Degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, School of Photography and Film, 120p,Göteborg University.

2006 Sound! 20p, Academy of Music and Drama, Göteborg University

Project Preseved Silence (03-04) is dealing with silence and the importance to be fastidious when and what we are listening to. A few years ago I was diagnosed with a disease causing hearing loss and tinnitus. This experience made me scared, so I decided to work with silence as a way to adapt to my new situation. Starting to investigate and collect facts about silence I found out about speciall places called Silent areas (Tysta områden) marked out in Sweden, areas protected and clean from human noise. I travelled to Silent areas and recorded silence. Together with a musician the silence was made into sourround sound. The project is a implementation to preserve the threaten silence for the future

and was presented on a DVD in a soundproof box and as a book at Röda Sten, Göteborg 2004.

The sound art work Split Second (-06) is about basic reaktions when hearing special sounds. Different types of alarm is recorded and presented in headphones. The listener will know about the alarm but is it possible to be prepared and not to react on the sharp loud sound?

Project Urban Movemets (-06) is a collaboration between me and designer Margareta Zetterblom. The project is dealing with the investigation and reinforcement of a place and its special qualities. Our intention is to bring forward new dimensions to a chosen area by bringing objects to the site.

Urban Movements No. 1

Bridge project - is the first result where 430 wine glases were placed on two tables at the Fontän bron in the central Gothenburg. Busses and trams passed by and made the glasses vibrate, created sounds to the area, bringing the areas special qualities foward. The project was presented at The International Science Festival Göteborg -06 at The Museum of Göteborg and as a performance in Brunnsparken, Göteborg in may -06. The project will continue at the big annual opened air exhibition - Ljus in Alingsås in autumn 2006.

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