Petra Cortright
April 25, 2026 – April 11, 2027 | Carl Kostyál, Stockholm
MAINBITCH.MOV SPRING SCRAP, 2012
webcam video
5 minutes 32 seconds
2 of 3 + 1AP
“We seem to be standing at a precipice: a jumping off point. But don’t we always? And, to a certain extent, we always are. Every passing moment creates a cascading tree of roads not taken. Collectively (and individually) we find ourselves on the road we did take, and we are not sure it was the correct exit, and we can’t find anywhere to get-off and turn-around. As a culture we are in dire straits – a very bad situation and there is no off-ramp.
This exhibition documents this moment in time: how artists are thinking, making and reimagining what could be. Drawn from the Gullringsbo collection, assembled over almost two decades with select recent additions as well as several loans from simpatico collections, the artworks assembled can be read as a new navigational system for un-charted waters. The artists included in ‘Dire Straits’ propose- in their varied projects-a heterogeneous set of strategies for reckoning with the now. They explore how we got here, where we are and whisper ideas of where we may be going.” – Benjamin Godsill