“Micro-Habitats”

[…] there is also a question of reappropriating the city as a space that mixes human constructions with spontaneous dwellings of other living species and seeing it differently, ethically, ecologically, in the way that it seeks to recreate a link among living entities. As a new version of the ”flaneur” character from Walter Benjamin: the Swedish artist wanders around the big cities, in particular the more “touristy” ones […]

— Vincent Zonca

Extract from the essay “LICHENS - Une résistance Minimale”, 2021

“The Apocalypse is Near…”

(SvD)

[…] Using complex systems of mirrors and lighting Oscar Furbacken creates an illusion of enormous depth inside the narrow box. Yet, just as much as I am fascinated by the technical sophistication of the pieces, my attention is caught by the cracks through which the expanse is made visible. As with the grave stone piece, these clearly speak of the passing of time and the fact that every solid thing eventually will dissolve. Behind the crack though, there is a new world. In Furbacken’s work a hope about the future complements the apocalypse. 

— Håkan Nilsson

Translated from ”Undergången är nära” (The Apocalypse is Near), a review of the exhibition ”Concealed Expanse” at S.P.G in Stockholm —in Svenska Dagbladet, 27th April 2017.