COOPER AND GORFER
“Close your eyes and begin”
Included in this course:
In this three-video bundle, discover their philosophy and how they transform performance, culture, and myth into stunning visual art.
1. BETWEEN THESE FOLDED WALLS, UTOPIA
Join Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer at Fotografiska, Stockholm, as they break down culture and myth to rebuild a new vision of utopia. In this 43-minute film, discover the raw ideas fueling their stunning exhibition.
2. PHOTOGRAPHING THE MOMENTS BETWEEN MOMENTS
Explore Interruptions, a project that captures the fragile in-between—cultures, languages, time—through generations of Swedish Sápmi women. A rare, intimate look with subtitles available.
3. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND BEGIN
Watch Cooper & Gorfer turn a live opera performance into a bold, layered visual journey where chaos meets beauty and “more is more” becomes an art form.
THE COLLECTORS
Cooper & Gorfer comprises the artists Sarah Cooper from the US and Nina Gorfer from Austria. They are storytellers of the highest level, masters of color and work by heart. The artist duo investigate different cultures and myths with great curiosity. Based on the stories and lives of the women they meet and collaborate with, Sarah and Nina s explore issues of memory, migration, dislocation, and the malleability of identity. The artist duo are known for their distinctive hybrid portraits. Their photo-based collages are anchored in anthropological research of people and place. Sarah and Nina reimagine the tradition of portraiture by visually examining and deconstructing the narrative of those they portray. Like art history’s Mannerists and Surrealists, Cooper & Gorfer strain observable reality through a filter of memories, moods and wounds.
