Konst på Bergshamra T-bana, Göran Dahl

I have been promising myself I would save some stations for the more quiet time of winter, yet I have found myself far out on the lines and unable to stop myself taking a quick look.  However, I know from my inability to stay organized that I will forget or begin to jumble the art in my mind.

I try to keep the photos grouped by station, but now with the latest software update, when I edit a photo it saves it to the end, thus taking it out of its group.

I plan on editing my posts when I get to re-visit the stations in December- this is all on my high hopes for a snow covered city.

This station was either confusing as there are three artists involved...or I have mixed together more than one station.

The art on the wall were all some sort of etched, or layered glass panels.  They were cool as they looked different from different angles.

I couldn't get a clear photo of the mural and the floor both, which is why I have both- here you can see the mural but not the beautiful inlays on the floor.

That rock inlay is either physically from Götland and based on ancient ruins, or the materials are more local, but still based on ruins found in Götland. 

 I couldn't find out anything about the color bands running along the tracks.

 Not all the stations execute the art or design all the way out of the exits- I think it is really lovely when they do.

This glass mural above, is on the opposite of the train tracks, so you see it if you exit the train running North. The plaque described as a picture of a mobile library on a Russian culture train, and this is done by a different artist than the forest mural.

 Below is the South running tracks. 

Konst på Mörby Tbana Karin Ek

This station was lovely for the few minutes I had between trains when it was empty.  The lighting was set up to cast light in a way that accentuates how the walls and panels are meant to be different colors from different angles.

The artists Karin Ek and Gösta Wessel, also had photographs put up of the workers who built (blasted) the tunnels and laid the tracks.

This I think was a bit of reinforcement about the fact that really people are in the middle of mountain. The mountain shadow painting on the vaulted ceiling look grey from one side and pink from the other, dark flooring with light blue benches.

Additionally there was cool lighting on the elevator up to the one exit.  

"...and shining it down the vine, out of her nightmare, back into mine..."

For anyone who might be stopping back to see what I have been up too- I thought I'd mention a few events that are not looking at subway art.

I do not want to make the impression that I am just a girl alone...riding the rails...

The top photo was my best second hand shopping score in ages.  So good I am not going to mention where the store is.  I got a few designer (Swedish) items- casual clothing to be sure, but still a score, many dvds including harder to find ones such as 'Moon', and 'Rock-n-Roll Highschool', Pixar in Swedish, a few vintage children's books, and best of all a heap of textiles.  All for about 150 kr. or $25 Australian dollars. Joy!

The other photos are both showing (as I am only just realized) what a jerk I look like in the 'vip' section of shows...

We were seated in the 'royal' box for a show recently, this was actually because of an over sale of tickets (reserved guest seating got sold accidentally).

Mostly, I have just been wrapped up in how happy I am that it is Autumn.

I love the rain! I love kicking my way through heaps of fallen leaves. I love to sit in the (suddenly) quiet outdoors and contemplate the sky.

Typically, I also love sweaters, and have been congratulating myself on buying some during the heat wave of this last July, they were super cheap and they great for walking.

Zok is home, but soon to be gone on a tour that seems to be getting longer and longer. Meanwhile, each day I sing the song I made up about how wonderful snow in October would be, and do my weather witch dance.

 

Konst på Hallonbergen

 

 

This station's name translates to 'Raspberry Mountain' and the art seems fitting with that name.  The sign did not translate that well, so I am going with my interpretation of the translation.  The artist's are Elis Eriksson and Gösta Wallmark. The work was meant to be representations of children's fantasy worlds, with some of the art coming from the artist's children, some created by the artists themselves and some copied from other school children.

The sculptures are meant to show the innocence of children's art, and all together they hope for a station welcoming to children of all ages.

 

 

 

Konst på Akalla T bana

I think the artist plaque was covered by some sort of construction which seems to be at every station on the blue line this year.

The artist is Birgit Stahl Nyberg.

I could not get any information from the web which seems almost impossible - doesn't it? 

I loved these murals, they look like a 1940s style, in a propaganda style, and were done in the 1970s.  They are on tiles, I do not know the how.

The walls are a lovely ochre- I don't think my phone camera caught the color that well.

I love the two men dancing, and the murals that are only women.

 

Konst på Kärrtorp T bana

Sometimes, personally I feel art is better without an explanation.

I wish I had seen this station when it was first done, but the others nearby were not completed until the 1990s, so the installation is not that old, and yet I felt I was missing something; better lighting?, a more appropriate season?. I am not quite sure, but I felt as if the panels should some how radiate.  The most interesting aspect was that there were panels outside- on the other side of the tracks, which would be interesting to glimpse if one was on the correct side of the train.

I will post here the plaque's explanation, I will say that I agree that the station is impressive at speed as you pull in by train, but the glass panels were interesting up close as well, but they seemed more mysterious, or elusive in meaning up close.

 "Light boxes with secret letter sign is placed on the platform, in the stairwell next to the track area. Fantasy Characters with organic ties are printed on tempered glass and mounted in light boxes. Each image also contains a letter from our known alphabet. An ancient and maybe a new alphabet is followed and placement in the room following letters are from a to z.
Light boxes with their signs are placed on the beauty and contemplation viewpoint appropriate places. They should be seen quickly, but also provide waiting passengers something to associate about. "

My favorite part about the above translation was the 'a to z' which for Svenska is 'fran a till ö' as the extra vowels come at the end of their alphabet.

 

Bagarmossen Konst Tbana

Bagarmossen is definitely one of my favorite stations.  I thought that the color panels changed color, but this is a bit of an illusion created when you are pulling into the station.  Because Bagarmossen were not opened until the mid 1990s, the advancement in blasting out the line, and ways to work with concrete are the reasons behind this 'light and airy' feeling of the stations.  The platform did not need a rock wall to reinforce it.  Also the lighting is more modern and suspended from the ceilings.  I had originally thought the areas of rock walls (which aesthetically I like, but variety is nice) were because those stations were larger.  However, my ability to gauge spacial areas is really, really bad.

The floor marble was picked by the artist to help accent the colored panels which are consisted of 228 panels of glass and all back lit.

 The station has been almost empty each time I have been here.

If I had a criticism about the subway art, it would be that the lighting is never set up for viewing the art.  Of course the lighting is set up for safety and utility but wouldn't it be lovely to have a viewing session where the lighting was set up to show off the art?