Listen to Dan Karlholm speaking at Fountains Failures Futures: The afterlives of public art – a free public symposium in Lund, held at Skissernas Museum 28-30 September 2023.
For Dan Karlholm, the LTH Fountain is no more – it has lost its fons (source) and relevance as a decorative element of the pre-politicized early 1960s, using tap water and electrical pumps to entertain tech students and tourists. Yet, he suggests, while always unsustainable as such, what remains of it today could provide a basis for a new life in relation to a different world, involving a new relationship to the elements. *Dan was introduced by Maddie Leach.
*Dan Karlholm is a writer, art historian and Professor of Art History at Södertörn University in Stockholm. His research is on the theory and historiography of art, temporality, museum studies and effects of the Anthropocene. Dan was Editor-in-chief of Konsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art History 2009–2019.
Banner image: Image: The LTH Fountain, Lund, Sweden. Photo: Dan Karlholm
*Listening time: 33 minutes. Scroll down for a selection of images.
Image: The LTH Fountain, September 2023, Lund, Sweden. Photo: Dan Karlholm
