Tribulation Has Become Life: The Occult Magic of Where the Gloom Becomes Sound Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Photo: Ester Segarra
Johannes Andersson grew up in a fairytale. Born in the countryside, a mile away from the small Swedish town of Arvika, he was raised by a potter mother and painter father. There was a workshop in the barn out back and an easel in the master bedroom upstairs. While his parents created, his neighbour would take him fishing by the lake, or he’d pick wild mushrooms.
The people in his village told him stories. He heard about the piper down by the river who would play for young children only to then drown them. Out in the woods was Rånda, the succubus who lured men away, never to be heard from again. There were tales of fairies and magic everywhere.