• What do you wish your audience to learn or understand from this exhibition?
Gorfer: The title of our exhibition at Fotografiska, BetweenThese Folded Walls, Utopia, is a manifestation of our thought process. We want visitors to get lost in the labyrinth of lush gardens printed on the walls of the exhibition, discover these young women and their stories, and perhaps even uncover aspects of themselves. We hope the exhibition will challenge visitors’ minds and resonate with their hearts.
• Thinking of the young ladies photographed for this series of works, which of their story was the most impacting to you?
Sarah: In the exhibition, there is a short film that includes four of the most interesting stories. The film dives into the emotion of the project and features four of the young women talking about their stories in their own words. We’re really excited to premiere this film at Fotografiska.
• As history has shown, when cultures, or the world as a whole, go through a calamity, the human psyche tends to change. The happenings of COVID-19 have demonstrated multiple facets of human reaction, adaptation, and behavior. How do you feel the world of art will change post-COVID-19 and is this a subject you will be exploring through your art?
Gorfer: Any crisis has the potential to accelerate insight and change our trajectory. In their severity, they offer catharsis. We all know how painful change can be because change always means that you have to let some things go, leave loved ones behind, and enter the unknown. The works in Utopia investigate this idea of change. Although we finished it before the pandemic broke out, we believe that the project is even more relevant now because people can relate to loss and the reality of forced change on a more personal level.
Right now, we are working on a project called Delirium with the hospital staff of Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden, that was sparked by our reaction to the pandemic. Our next large series is called Hysteria, which revolves around the world of our inner demons. We started to think about this project a year ago, but we believe that the current pandemic experience will leave its traces within this body of work.