UNDER (Massive) PRESSURE
September 2021
SERGELS TORG
Stockholm

The public installation Under (Massive) Pressure shows an enormous banner pressed between to stiff plexi glass boards. Despite the pressure, the fabric manages to get free and spills out over the edges, showing materia that can't be contained.

The bright pink stands in contrast to the squares monochrome colours, like a cry for Something Else, while the text on the banner, though difficult to read, talks about longing for people to come together and make their voices heard.

The installation is part of the ongoing project Under Pressure which relates to the extreme strain put on people just by living and working in a neoliberal society, filled with featureless perfection.

The pieces made within the realm of this projects are made, by hand and in small scale, in Minna's studio. With the help of an old mangle machine she deforms and deconstructs garments and in that creates something new. This method of working relates to women's history and traditional ways of production.

Commissioned by På Sergels Torg

The installation "Under (massive) Pressure has been developed by Studio Minna Palmqvist, on the initiative from På Sergels Torg – a project between Stockholm stad, local real estate owners and the civil society. The project creates a vivid and welcoming Sergels torg through performing arts, culture and activities in the public space – free and created for everybody.