Ongoing Projects
Project description of Phoenix Landscapes
The project’s concept is based on an obvious paradox in an attempt to rethink what contemporary ceramics is.
On one hand to make a funeral for ceramics – based on the idea that there is no future for ceramics in a world where ceramics industries close down and the lack of interest in using ceramics as a media in the art world is a fact – and on the other hand showing ceramic artworks in exhibitions made by some of the most talented and interesting artists working with ceramics today.
35 talented artists working in different art disciplines have been invited to participate in Phoenix Landscapes. The artists will all as a common starting point be invited to produce a funeral bouquet with specification of size and most importantly, with the expression of their usual artworks, as if the pieces were taken out of their own body of artworks. Besides the funeral bouquet the artists will be invited to create two small grave gifts, which should represent objects they themselves would like to have with them in their own grave.
STATEMENT
Standing in front of the mirror. The early morning bathroom tiles are cold, burning my toes. Reaching for the soap, need to shave my legs. I am struck by the feeling of being in two places at the same time. One foot is touching the floor, and the other is dipped in warm water of the sink. Heaven and hell! While shaving, the floor is getting slippery from the soapy water. Need to concentrate on gravity…hmmm, what I really need is to move, to another place, to the perfect home with a bathtub. Second thought, just got here and there are still boxes piled up and unpacked from that other place.
Girl behind flowerpots
When I visited New Jersey last fall I found two photographs in an antique shop. In a project I call GIRL BEHIND FLOWERPOTS I will start to collect documentation of people that pose with ceramic.
Parkett
Pictures of the making of the installation PARKETT. The documentation also shows the first installation of the work. The work is made in the shape of a floor that can be built rebuilt and moved to different sights.
