The Performance of Like-Minded People
Degree project at Bachelor program Graphic Design & Illustration, 2020.
The basic idea of my degree project was to explore the artistic religious heritage and how images, symbols and physical objects are fundamental to cultural consensus. I’ve explored the phenomenon of common belief in something supernatural and abstract by using graphic symbols, dress codes and inspiration from the scenic features of the church. There are two icons in the room, inspired by medieval icon paintings, a seated sculpture in papier-mâché with a spot light directed on its face, and an altar with a typewriter where I perform a manifesto writing. An important theme in the work is the connection to ritual and theatre, as well as the importance of words and images in people’s ability to form a belief in something immaterial. Experience and involvement are important parts of passing on thoughts and beliefs, in art as well as in religion.
Acute feeding/a cute feeling, 2019
This performance is the outcome of a course I had in the 3rd year at Konstfack, called "Body as a building". It was about localizing the building and the body of Konstfack to see what diagnoses or pains it might have. I diagnosed it with anorexia nevrosa, depression and severe underweight and lack of vitamins. My treatment was to nurture the minimalist building with homemade porridge that I used for gluing posters of things I thought it needed. I also sent out a nutrition mail through the school mail. The fabric is a curtain that is "growing out" of the white wall, turning into something more organic and vivid. The porridge is made out of semolina porridge, black tea leaves and turmeric.
