Liminal Curtain in Stockholm

For his second solo exhibition at Galleri Fagerstedt in Stockholm, Per Huttner shows a sculpture that uses an EEG-recording of his brain activity under hypnosis. The work is made up of curtain that covers the back wall of the gallery. The curtain is made of the same material as one of the characters in the photos in the exhibition wear. A bed protrudes mysteriously a few inches from the curtain, indicating a larger space behind the curtain. Along the bottom light moves back and forward according to a complicated and unpredictable pattern. The light is a translation of the artist’s brain activity under hypnosis. The recording was made at Ecole normale supérieure in Paris in November 2016 with a team of international neuroscientists and psychologists. The sculpture uses the EEGsynth software and hardware to replay the EEG recording.