Liva Isakson Lundin

Eight glass balls are floating in the airspace of the new Innovation House at KTH in Stockholm. Artist Liva Isakson Lundin's work shows how different materials can be linked together by the relationship between its inherent properties; stretchability, tension and weight.

The glass beads work consists of eight solid glass spheres with holes in, suspended in the air space between two floors in the new Innovation House at KTH in Stockholm. The glass cloth hangs in thin steel wires and is connected to each other in a temporarily stopped movement. The connections between the globe consist of silicone rubber lines, a material that has both visual and actual ability to stretch. Liva Isakson Lundin's work shows how different materials can be linked together by the relationship between its inherent properties; stretchability, tension and weight. Features that can also apply to human encounters where development occurs.

Liva Isakson Lundin's starting point has been the idea of ​​how an idea becomes reality - how thoughts fly, excite and challenge each other in communication. How one event can affect another and create scattering effects, harmonies and self-reinforcing oscillations.

Gravity is a central concept in many of Liva Isakson Lundin's works, so here too. The work with the glass balls has meant an exploration of how much glass mass can be handled - a work where gravity has been co-creating. The glass balls are hand blown at The Glass Factory, in collaboration with professional glass blowers and glass artist Fredrik Nielsen.