Annika Larsson
is awarded the Beckers prize 2002

Exhibition at Färgfabriken
DOG & POLIISI
14/12 2002 - 2/2 2003
Fargfabriken

"With her monumental video works, Annika Larsson brings the audience into a world of male strategies, attributes and relations. Often these take the form of scenes filled with subtle, erotic signals enhanced with crisp, icy sounds, all captured with refined camera and editing techniques."

The Beckers prize 2002 for the sum of 150 000 SEK (around 15.000 USD) is awarded to Annika Larsson. Annika Larsson was born in 1972 and completed her artistic training at Royal Art Academy in Stockholm (Royal University College of Fine Arts).

The jury's motivation: "With her monumental video works, Annika Larsson brings the audience into a world of male strategies, attributes and relations. Often these take the form of scenes filled with subtle, erotic signals enhanced with crisp, icy sounds, all captured with refined camera and editing techniques."

Annika Larsson is awarded the Beckers prize for the exquisite finish of her works as well as for her ability, with cinematic sequences, to poetically lift the veil on the cynicism and coldness of our time: a world where power and violence often seem to go hand in hand."

The Beckers prize will be awarded at Färgfabriken, 14th December 3 pm, in conjunction with the opening of an exhibition of the winner's works. Annika Larsson will show two new installations, both from 2001, which have not been shown in Stockholm before. DOG will be shown in the main hall and POLIISI in one of the project rooms.