Jonathan Klangeryd

In my degree project, I have constructed a city square through fictional and actual memory images, and by working with a certain machine in Konstfack’s woodworking shop – the dovetailer. The machine makes different compositions, and with its help I have translated fragments from different places in the urban space into patterns and structures that together form a city square.

The dovetailer is an open machine that exposes and reports its mechanisms. It is controlled manually using two knobs and a lever. Just as the machine and its mechanisms fascinate me, I am fascinated by the city’s patterns and movements.

The square is like an open machine. Different things happen there, which you can observe and participate in. People’s movements and rhythms are like a belt in the square’s machinery. The different elements of the square become like gears. The square’s start/stop button becomes the presence of people. Without people, the square machine stands still. The outcome of the square’s machinery is encounters and happenings between people.