Ljuset—Mörkret is one year’s conversation between artists Frances Scott and Anna Ridderstad about the meaning of light and darkness at the 59th parallel. Our collaboration runs from solstice to solstice, beginning on the longest day of 2023, before drawing to a close exactly a year later.
Please follow along with our exchange by reading our posts below.
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6—En Mycket Fuktig Augusti
Anna writes about the hazy light in August that followed the heavy rains of the summer.
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5—Midsummer in Hoy
Frances looks back to an Orkney coastal walk in June, following the light late into the night.
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3—Johnsmas in Papay
Frances writes about a midsummer trip to Orkney, where she took part in Papay’s overnight Johnsmas walk.
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2—Öland
Anna writes about her midsummer exhibition with Ebba Bohlin in Öland, a long narrow island in the Baltic Sea.
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1—Beginnings
An idea unfolds in the depths of winter, with a digital introduction, and an invitation to collaborate.
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