Glitches

Only on closer inspection does the brickwork and masonry turn out to be a printed curtain that has been drawn across a wall or window niche in the city. Urban facades and all the details of a fragmented cityscape have been faithfully rendered in digital form and then reproduced on fabric. With Glitches, Coco Bergholm provides delicate moments of irritation on the city trail of the Urban Art Biennale – when the familiar becomes startling, and unusual or even inhospitable places are suddenly brought to mind. In the manner of trompe l’oeil, the camouflaged curtains reproduce the city’s surface texture while also providing an ideal refuge from prying security cameras.

Frank Krämer