Tag-arkiv: performative material entanglement

BECOMINGS

BECOMINGS is a textile-relational, participatory artwork in which hands engage in acts of crafting, materials carry embedded stories, and dialogues emerge through shared gestures. The work invites participants into a space of co-crafting, where textile and relation become inseparable.

With the support of The Danish Art Foundation, BECOMINGS was presented as a durational, seven-hour participatory performance at Riga Performance Festival STARPTELPA. The audience was invited to enter the artwork itself—to engage in co-crafting and transformation. Through these collective actions, movements were set in motion: within the materials, within the participants, and within the artwork as a living entity. Small gestures—such as tying a knot—demonstrated the potential of tactile encounters to cultivate textile-relational communities.

Through BECOMINGS, I gather and trace textile-relational stories embedded in the materials. As the textiles cannot speak for themselves, I assume the role of host—sharing their histories, transitions, and transformations. For example, the textiles used in this work formerly appeared as costumes in Forum Humanum (2013), a performance by X-Act/Kitt Johnson. Traces of that performance remain inscribed in the textiles, carrying their performative past into new contexts.

Moreover, the artwork has been shaped by many hands. Those who have participated in its making and crafting leave behind material traces—physical and ephemeral—that remain visible and integral to the evolving form of the artwork. By tracing these narratives, I seek to acknowledge and honour the lands and hands that have made the fibres’ journey possible. This is both a gesture of gratitude and a recognition of the interconnected processes—ecological, social, and artistic—that enable BECOMINGS to continually unfold through participation and relational care.

craft-performance

Til åbeningen på udstillingen DENNE NYE VERDEN – fortrinsvis tekstil på Lundsgaard Gods lavede jeg en craft-performative event.

Her læste jeg tekster fra et hændværks leksikon fra 1943 pg nyskrevne tekster som en forlængelse på den tekstile historie. Blandt andet gav jeg et bud på ordret FÆLLESSKABELSE, der endnu ikke findes i danske ordbøger.

Som en del af eventen inviterede jeg publikum til at fællesskabe. Tak til dem der deltog.

Tak til kuratoerne af udstillingen Anne Fabrisius Møller, Ingrid Kæseler og Torgny Wilcke for det store arbejde med at skabe en smuk udstilling. Tak for invitation til at udstille værket ComPleat og lave den tekstil performative event.

KVAS performance

Legen og sam-skabelsen i og af kunsten, i og med naturen. Som i naturen, der altid er i organisk bevægelse, således er KVAS-projektet. KVAS er en processuel undersøgelse af de kvasmaterialer, som findes i naturen. KVAS er et aldrig færdiggjort og et evigt foranderligt værk. KVAS en legende sam-skabelsesproces med performance kunstner Linh Le.



Bunker flyttes og samles. Bunker skabes af kvaset i landskabet. Huler bygges af bunker. Bunker skabes af huler – i hulens kvasbunker kan vi gemme os for forbipasserende. I hulen leger vi underfundige kvasnings-lege, som får kvaset til at knitre højlydt. Under legen sanser vi, at vores kvasninger forandrer hulens bunkninger på organisk knase-sanse vis(ninger).



KVAS bunkinger og kvasninger: Linh Le og Charlotte Østergaard

KVAS var en del af udstillingen ”Hej Planter”, april 2023. Udstillingen var initieret og kurateret af Bess Kristoffersen.






KVAS is a performative process that are inspired by Donna Haraway’s concept of “making-kin”. In the book “Staying with the trouble: making kin in the Chthulucene” Haraway suggest that making-kin is creating relationship with non-human entities such as plants and animals in order to build new forms of communities and kinships that goes beyond the traditional human-to-human relationships. Making-kin involves recognizing our (humans) interconnectedness with all living things and aims at working toward more sustainable relationships with the environment. Dedicated to Bess Kristoffersen’s invitation Løvspring (the season that is renewal of planetary life) KVAS is a performative attempt to awaken our senses towards and to acknowledge our interdependency and connections with nature.


Billeder, tekster, videoer og video-redigering: Linh Le og Charlotte Østergaard