In his work Henrik Håkansson addresses (natural) cycles, which are the symbolic subjects of his work, and are embedded within it on a physical level. These fragments of nature, which the artist transfers into a cultural context, result in almost surreal spatial ensembles and situations – in his work, culture and nature are simultaneously understood as reference, result and essence. Håkansson’s provocative sequences function as a subtle dialogue between man, nature and space: Plants, …
In his work Henrik Håkansson addresses (natural) cycles, which are the symbolic subjects of his work, and are embedded within it on a physical level. These fragments of nature, which the artist transfers into a cultural context, result in almost surreal spatial ensembles and situations – in his work, culture and nature are simultaneously understood as reference, result and essence. Håkansson’s provocative sequences function as a subtle dialogue between man, nature and space: Plants, living beings, and their mutability through light, temperature, time, or unnatural external influences define the shape of his work, and are also it’s conceptual theme. The artist generates reference systems that derive from observations and also entail observations. His installations make this physically accessible within space, but they also reveal the shape of their medial transfer: the technical documentation of observation. Here Håkansson brings nature and technology together on the visual planes of film or photography, which are juxtaposed with the natural materials of his installations. Film, video, photography, text and sound form a framework which the artist uses as a basis to access a performative realm, in which the act of observation circulates.