2022 of walking Karlstad
LINDEBERGS ALMANAC September
of walking Karlstad
Lindebergs Almanac
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Publisher Lindebergs Almanac Ingress K.W.L.A www.almanac.no
Photography / text Knut Werner Lindeberg Alsen
Editing and graphic design Knut Werner Lindeberg Alsen
Creative advisor Geir Henriksen
Thanks to my friends in Paper Province, Karlstad Municipality and Värmland County. I also want to thank J. H. Engstrøm, a photographer and video artist born in Karlstad. Engstrøm is a great source of inspiration for me, with his intuitive and personal approach to reading the world. Last but not least, I want to express my gratitude to Christina Betini, who patiently has exploring the urban environment in Karlstad together with me.
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of walking - Karlstad (Volum 1)
“of walking - Karlstad” is created in the context of the so called peripatetic photography. This is the quiet side of street photography during which attention is given primarily to the state of mind of the photographer and not to the hunting of exceptional phenomena. An approach to peripatetic photography is the experiential, direct, non-conceptual photography.
Peripatetic photography is a good description of my visual working methods that I use, strolling in the urban environment. For me this is as a form of meditation, wandering as a possibility of emptying the mind as a source of inspiration and creativity. This internalization of the attention brings a more sober reading of reality. The editing is a form of non-linear-narrative composition of images.
The term ”peripatetic” is a transliteration of the ancient Greek word peripatêtikos, which means ”of walking” or ”given to walking about” or “strolling”. The Peripatetic school, is founded by Aristotle who taught philos ophy while walking.
Karlstad is the capital of Värmland County, in Sweden. On Karlstad’s largest islet, there was a place of counsel called Tingvalla in the medieval age, which had roots from the Viking Age before 1000 AD. Karlstad was granted its city charter on March 5, 1584, by the Swedish Duke Charles, who would later be crowned King Charles IX of Sweden. Karlstad has suffered four major fires. Only the cathedral and a few houses remained after the last fire on July 2, 1865. Karlstad was thereafter rebuilt according to a grid pattern with wide streets surrounded by trees.In 1905, the agreement to dissolve the union between Norway and Sweden was negotiated and signed in Karlstad.
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