Snakes, Seals and Stones
Visningsrommet USF, 10-19.05.2019
Sculptures and installations in various materials: textile, copper, steel, rice, polyester filling and pool noodles.
It turned out just as envisioned. The shapes were open and the materials soft. Yet a touch of doubt lingers. Was this what the fabric wanted to become? Was it this shape the fibers would be pushed into?
As the creator one tries to keep control over the objects, but has to admit that this is an impossible task. The matter squirms away from rigid urges to be defined, and through the eye of the viewer transforms into something new every time we encounter it. It's natural to ask what this is, this thing we are looking at, but there is no right or wrong answer. It's not always easy to know if one should pick the work apart, slowly and meticulously, to try to explain it all with big words and connections.
Try to forget the original thought, and remember that there is not just one way of understanding what a shape can be. The objects are first completed by memory – but sometimes they are just things in themselves. They sit there, minding their own business, before being interrupted and packed away.
Snakes, Seals and Stones is the result of two years in the studio for recent graduates at Kunstnerverksteder CS55 (2017-2019).
With support from Bergen Kommune
Photos: Andreas Dyrdal
