Transparent solar film and etched glass vinyl
Photos by Brian Kure
In applying these simple, genderless graphics to the windows of the building, Kristian Blomstrøm Johansson has turned a public institution into an all-seeing creature that is at once unsettling and intriguing.
The title of the work comes from a gravestone near the artist’s house and begs more questions: Who is speaking? Is this declaratory, insistent statement celebratory or vindictive? Positioned here, in the library, the ‘our’ could refer to citizens who use the building, the municipality that controls the building, or the books that inhabit the building.
Text by Jes Fernie