Ishmail Sandström
Solarenergy Installation at Galleri Bergman
The architecture that surround us, is shaped by us and that are shaping us offers so many opportunities to interaction, but architecture is also very conservative and holy. But are we not as citizens obliged to ask ourselves why it is like this? The solar panel installation at Galleri Bergman is unique in Helsinki and maybe in Finnish city environment. I believe that it is part of democracy to carry out ideas so that there is something to discuss. We have heard that so many times when a bridge is going to be built, “stop the building of the bridge” and when the bridge is built no one wants to tear it down. The solar panel installation at Galleri Bergman works as a bridge, a bridge over bureaucracy and a bridge to understanding and acceptance of the future city environment We have to ask ourselves, how can we interact with and affect our surrounding environment otherwise then voting in democratic elections. Hopefully the art presented in the gallery can be amplified by the surrounding, consisting of solar energy lighting and that it contributes to further discussions regarding time, space and communication questions.
