MARIE SJÖBERG & JEAN SELLEMLES MACHINES EN PANNE20.02-10.03.1981

From February 20 to March 10, 1981 Galerie St Petri, Archive of Experimental and Marginal Art in Lund, Sweden invited people in and around Lund to participate in a manifestation called Les Machines en Panne (Broken Machines). Everyone could bring to the gallery any broken machine they had, whether an electric tooth brush, airplane, car, bulldozer or whatever they had access to in a non-functioning state. Even if the things were not brought to the gallery every broken piece in an area of 35 km was considered as a part of the exhibition. The idea was to visualize a state of being transcending everyday reasoning and perception. The broken machine was not alive,dead or ill but in a state of waiting and thereby contained all possibilities of becoming. The exhibition was initiated by Jean Sellem and documented by Marie Sjöberg.