Sunday Session #2: Pontus Pettersson's Open [AIR] Studio

On Sunday 14 June – the final day that Index’ is open before summer – artist, dancer and choreographer Pontus Pettersson invites visitors to enter into the studio he has created within the projection room currently built into Index’ walls.

During the spring, Pettersson has been developing work within the inner walls of the exhibition space – reworking material from past exhibitions to transform the interior into an intimate space to host moments of choreography, sculptural and performative experimentation. Familiar elements in Pettersson’s practice are used in different constellations: mirrored letters create a play on words as surfaces for projection, the blue floor mat is a space for inviting others to join him in moments of performance, to rest and to reflect together on ways of working and occupying space together.

The Open Studio format itself is a performative exploration of hosting – what it means to be an artist playing the role of the artist at work, what position the Index team can take as hosts of this Open Studio of an ongoing artistic process within an exhibition space. How to show the work without stopping the work itself?

There will be coffee and fika. Welcome!

Sunday Sessions is an informal sharing of works intersecting with and/or inside of Pontus Pettersson’s one year residency and exhibition AIR at Index. Taking the form of either improvisation or therapy, a session can mean taking the time to reflect, to compose, to be in the moment and act from what one has at hand. With a wish to invite or expose more witnesses into Pontus Pettersson’s ongoing process within Index’ space, Sunday Session is an initiative that can serve dancing in whatever state it’s in. To accompany newly fresh poems or sculptures in transit or curatorial dwellings.

Pontus Pettersson’s artistic practice is a blend of various disciplines and genres, where text, objects, sculptures, and choreographic work are interconnected. He explores expanded notions of choreography as an organizational and relational method, often taking form through sculptural works, performative situations, and curated encounters. Drawing on materiality, language, poetics and philosophy, he investigates how objects, bodies, and social structures produce meaning, spaces for listening and intimacy.

Please note that on Sunday 14 June Agnė Jokšė’s filmwork Careerist will be available to view on request.