2014.6.11 - 9.28
Tensta Konsthall (스톡홀롬)
Magnus Bärtås' new film, The Miracle in Tensta (Theoria) is a wayward depiction of how the Virgin Mary appeared in Tensta in the summer of 2012, based on testimonies on the internet. With the help of Tensta residents, the testimonies have been visualized and shot in the same room in the gallery where the film will be shown. A part of The New Model.
Theoria is the Greek word for talking about something witnessed. If, during ancient times, someone experienced an extraordinary event, like the Olympics or a religious ritual, a theoria was performed when they returned home. Theoria consisted of a journey, a witnessing, and of the social situation when the person shared her experiences. In ancient times philosophers talked in terms of "ritualized visuality" that received a political significance where the person lived.
The theoria that is dealt with in the work is based on the events that took place in Tensta in August 2012. On August 22, people in Tensta witnessed that that they had seen the Virgin Mary appearing in the sky. Dagens Nyheter's UFO expert Claes Svahn wrote about the event, and the following evening thousands of people gathered in the Syriac Orthodox church (Sankta Maria Kyrka) in Tensta. Again the miracle was witnessed, both in the condensation in the windows and in the trees outside the church.
Theoria is a part of the research-based project The New Model: An Enquiry, initiated by Maria Lind and Lars Bang Larsen in 2011. The participants in The New Model, Magnus Bärtås, Ane Hjort Guttu, Dave Hullfish Bailey and Hito Steyerl, have been invited to produce new works for the project.
The film has been partly financed with funds from the research project Mikrohistorier, which is operated at Konstfack and financed by the Swedish Research Council.
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