Saunra / 2017 / Sauna in a Fiat Multipla, playing the music of Sun Ra and his Arkestra
Presented at: Lentekabinet, Het Twiske, NL (2024); Publiek Park, Antwerp, BE (2023); Ornamenta, Pforzheim, DE (2022); Hectolitre, Brussels, BE (2021); Museum Ijsselstein, NL (2019); Rietveld Academie 50 Years, Amsterdam, NL (2018); Poppositions, Brussels, BE (2018); P/////AKT, Amsterdam, NL (2017)
The Fiat Multipla is a contradiction. It’s called the ugliest car in the world, but at the same time it’s a great family car; spacious like a living room. This Multipla transformed from car into sauna; from one social space into another. Inside you hear the music of Sun Ra, the cosmic afro-futurist. The Saunra is meant as a joyful healing space for our troubled times; a place of warmth, hope and humor.
Video by: Vice NL, 2019
Photo by: Jean Pierre Stoop for HART magazine, 2018
Installation at P/////AKT, Amsterdam, 2017
Photos by: Charlott Markus
Piano concerto, "Music for Sauna People"
Performance by Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson
Presentation at Poppositions, Brussels, 2018
Photos by: Antoine Grenez
Presentation at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2018
Photos by: Franzi Mueller Schmidt
Photo reportage for Vice NL, 2018
Photos by: Rebecca Camphens