MONDAY PROJECTS
MONDAY PROJECT is a collaboration between Robert Eklund and Helga Härenstam.
It started one Monday in December 2009 and ended in May 2010. Every Monday we met and gave each other an assignment to photograph. On the following Monday, we presented our pictures and gave each other new assignments. The assignment can be read below each image.
The rules: Deadline next Monday. No whining!
The project continues in the form of workshops and collaborations.
Helga Härenstam and Robert Eklund, Monday Projects. Dec. 2009 – May 2010.
Mondayproject WORKSHOP
Workshop with the students at Yrkesfotografutbildningen, Yrkeshögskolan Göteborg.
A week of strange holidays. New assignments every day and an exhibition in the end. All done in one week!
2011, October 17–21
Branded Fruit Day!
Thursday 20: An overview of a messy livingroom with at least three persons who is consuming Branded Fruit.
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Evaluate your life day!
Wednesday 19: Take a photo of someone or something that makes your life worse.
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No Beard Day!
Tuesday 18: Self portrait when shaving your beard.
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Wear Something Gaudy Day!!
Monday 17: Take a photo of someone who is celebrating Wear something Gaudy Day.
Workshop at the School of photography at the University of Gothenburg.
2011, 19-23 sep.
Thursday: A body on a car or a car on a body
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Wednesday: Students recieved a 9sec soundclip from the same track. Assignment: Make a video for your soundclip.
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Tuesday: Self portrait with Caisa-Stina in her apartment. You got 20 minutes.
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Monday: Please have following things prepared for Monday afternoon.
1. One package of yellow blend, a t-shirt with the Nyan cat, any person (Leila Wegner)
2. Three optional but carefully selected individuals (Pia Johansson Goldmann)
3. Sleeping bag + any person. (Mette Hartung Kirkegaard)
4. Candles of different colors in bottles (Dennis Burén)
5. Something large inflatable (David Hilding Berggren)
6. A cake -real or artificial, but extravagant. It may include light if desired. (Nanna Krogh Lauritsen)
7. A large flag of some kind (Hampus Bovbjerg-Grip)
8. A torch - or the concentrated fire of some kind. (Sarah Oja)
9. A poster of Amy Winehouse. (Kim William Catton)
10. An old lady or someone who looks like an old lady (Rebecca Eskilsson)
11. A person dressed as a dog (Brian Frænde)
12. A dog (A.K)
13. A small table (Anderas Engman)
14. A chair (Azmir Cordic)
15. A pregnant person or someone that looks like one. (Sebastian Thomsen)
16. 3 optional light sources that does not need electricity cables (Malin Griffiths)
17. A mirror or several mirrors - or things that reflects light and sparkles (Laura Zdunek)
18. Someone with a beard (Johanna Wallin)
19. A machine (Axel Backman)
Monday:
Meet up with Lars Axelsson phone: xxxxx-xxxxxxx. at gruvgatan 5
He will let you in to the pegmatite mine. Collaborate and make an epic image! Use the Hasselblad H4D. Presentation tomorrow!
The students have various tasks during the process in production of the image.
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June 2011. Workshop at the School of photography at the University of Gothenburg.
The participants received the following assignment
Choose one of the A options and one of the B options and combine them in a photograph
A: portrait of someone who…
1. is taking a bath and hiding the face 2. is wearing the same clothes as another person in the picture 3. is dancing with a child
B: The photo shall appear to be taken in the
1.1950`s 2.1980`s 3.future
February 21 – 25, In the year of 2011. Hanna Rattfeldt ( THE INTERN ) experienced a week of Monday Project.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday to Thursday
(click the image)
Hanna the intern succeeded one week of Monday terror.
January 2011. Workshop with the students at Fotografutbildningen, Yrkeshögskolan Göteborg.
Poster for exhibition at Lalaland, (Andra långgatan 22, Göteborg) Friday, February 4th, 2011
Assignment for Monday, January 31: The students were given specific characters from movies, to portray. The character must be in a bed.
Assignment for Monday, January24: Self portrait as a Film Noir character.
Assignment for Monday 17th: Make a portrait of the Log Lady.
September 2010. School of photography at the University of Gothenburg.
In a "Groundhog Day" fashioned way, every day was like Monday. The workshop ended with an exhibition in a secret room in the attic. For mad men only.
Click the images.
March 2010. School of photography at the University of Gothenburg.
Six students participated in our workshop. Between Monday 15th and Friday 17th, march 2010. It ended with an exhibition at Hey, it´s Enrico Pallazzo!
Click the image too see their work.
Creators of this masterpiece, Helga Härenstam and Robert Eklund