henning lundkvist - works - the end of a system of things

the end of a system of things
(2006-2007)

sound-version;

soundfile, 32 minutes, released on CD by komplott in november 2007

mp3 (3 minute extract, 3mb), press-text (pdf file)

audiovisual version;

film, 32 minutes

avi (3 minute extract, 20mb), film-stills (1,2,3,4,5,6)

“The perspectives of the past and future opened before him, the foundations of society disclosed by its ruins; overturned metal corpses of trucks, buses, and automobiles littered the streets, and above his head, rows of splintered display bulbs gaped - sharp glass teeth in wooden jaws. The world in which he survived was damp and lightless; it was narrow and its cold stone walls pressed upon him as he moved. He halted, gazed at the monuments for what seemed like an eternity.”

a copy of the CD version can be ordered through the komplott website.

different versions of the end of a system of things have been presented at (among other places) LAB (copenhagen, denmark), ausland (berlin, germany), galerie parismoskau (leipzig, germany), and electrohype biennalen (lund, sweden)

the film version has been presented at (among other places) plug.in (basel, switzerland), galleri signal (malmö, sweden), transvizualia festival (gdynia/gdansk, poland), and model arts & niland gallery (sligo, ireland), and the audio version is included in the "art is not mute" sound art archive, initiated by ersta konsthall.

from the reviews:

"stora delar av filmhistorien sammanfattade på 32 minuter utan tröttsamma intriger" (christer hörgren, nutida musik #1/08)

"the whole things is rather alienating" (frans de waard, vital weekly)

"lundkvist builds-up the 32 minute piece with a great feeling of desperation, confusion and ultimate complete loss" (roger batty, musique machine)