Mobile Studio, 2003
Courtesy Galerie magnus müller und Rijksgebouwendienst der Niederlande
© Lucas Lenglet Foto: Luuk Kramer    

“A modern Swedish story tells of three men who approached the locked door of the Moderna Museet, the museum for modern art in Stockholm, one evening at 10.15 pm. The first one, who had drunk alcohol, said: ‘Break the door down!’ The second one, who had eaten opium, said: ‘No! Let’s lie down here and sleep until midday tomorrow, when the museum opens again!’ […] The third one, who had smoked hash, said: ‘Let’s climb in through the keyhole!’ ” This short text on a poster by the multimedia artist Sture Johannesson, dating from 1969, refers in turn to an album by Bob Dylan. It provided Lucas Lenglet with inspiration for the work that he made especially for this exhibition. The door marks the transition between inside and outside. It enables us to enter into a closed room, and at the same time it signifies the escape from spatial restriction. The door is the weak spot of sheltering accommodation, but also represents the only possibility to get from one place to another. The strategy that must be adopted in order to take possession of a new place is measured according to the range VIOLANCE – IGNORANCE – IMAGINATION.