The building amplifies
THE BUILDING AMPLIFIES is a project by artist Pavel Matveyev with Tanya Kim’s voice recording, co-writing and editing. It was presented as a multimedia installation in the Glitter Ball showroom, with other pieces of Pavel’s work on Saturday, the 19th March, 2022.
Pavel Matveyev’s work are often based on numerous visits to a site of interest over an extended period of time. Collecting photos, sound, and video over time enables him to think in greater depth about relationships to place. This kind of slow research also allows his understanding of a place to evolve, which often leads to further research.
For The building amplifies Pavel kept a diary when he visited a complex of abandoned industrial buildings. His notes and visits span a year. Pavel then sent these notes and documented images to Tanya, to form the basis of a series of voice recordings that were recorded during a period of extended illness and isolation. A sort of dystopian science-fiction narrative appeared; a person sending voice messages to someone dear during a global pandemic – with the backdrop of looming environmental crisis.
Pavel Matveyev (he/him) is a visual and sound artist living and working in Karlholmsbruk. He was the recipient of the Swedish Arts Grants Artist’s Award 2020, and also received their Project Award in 2018. Recent exhibitions include The First water, Fundación Mutua Levante, Alcoy, Spain, and Interpretations of an Ordinary Landscape, Tierp, Sweden. His work in the public collections of Gävle Council, Tierp Council, and the Public Art Agency Sweden. Pavel graduated from Konstfack, Stockholm in 2012.
Tanya Kim (she/her) has lived many lives in many places. Her multicultural background, chronic health conditions and neurodivergence enable her to see the world through many lenses. Tanya studied Fine Art at Exeter College of Art and Design in the UK in the early ’90s where she was awarded an Erasmus grant to study at the Rotterdam Academy of Visual Arts. She never returned to the UK, but instead spent extended time in the Netherlands, India, Malaysia, and Japan before settling in Sweden. Tanya wrote an award-winning Master’s degree thesis on National Identity and Image making at SOAS (the School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London, and since this time she worked internationally for many years as a communications strategist and creative director. All of her projects explore what she calls the deep ecology of everyday life; a quiet practice that helps her to navigate the world around her, meet new people, and question the limitations of traditional identity barriers.
