Research into archeological traces of weaving in Norway and Egypt. The two projects fused into the making of several pieces. The research into ancient Egyptian textiles at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is combined with a study of Scandinavian weaving fragments during an artist’s residency in Norway. The resulting pieces are an entanglement of the ancient Egyptian ritual of shrouding the dead and the discovery at archeological digs of two rows of evenly shaped stones. Weaving stones signified the place where once a loom stood.
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DeFKa Research
I weave time 'What does dexterity mean in our day and age which is dominated by technological innovations? This discourse is about visual and tactile factors and about time.' Contributing article to be published in DeFKa Research SC magazine about Decoration, Craft& Design_april 2022
Woman in Northern Thailand making a warp by walking with a single thread.
Danish Brain Mania
In the summer of 2021 I worked as Artist in residence near Nykobing, Denmark. The local artist's group Kunstnerfløjen has studios in a former psychiatric institution, Annebergparken. Until the middle of the last century the brains of deceased patients were removed and sent in a wooden box to the pathological institute. The remains were buried at - what is called locally - the Brainless Graveyard. Artists from Kunstnerfløjen joined Stitch Your Brain project and about a hundred brains are being stitched. They will be on show from june until september 2022 in Annebergparken.
