Tracing refugee spaces on a Greek Island
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Mothers & Daughters The aim of this art project is to describe some of the unspoken tensions that might exist between a mother and her daughter. Asking actual mothers and daughters to pose side-by-side, further instructions as to how was not provided. This photographic situation creates an atmosphere of uncertainty where tensions surface. Their facial expressions and body-language tell about likenesses and differences, intimacy and opposition as aspects of this complex family relation. I do not however claim to reveal some sort of truth about a particular mother-daughter relation. First of all I want to challenge an ideal image of the mother and daughter as it is produced and reaffirmed in private as well as studio photographs, by enhancing rather than glossing over potential conflicts. |
Evocative Encounters: Ethiopia
As much as I had imagined the photographs I wanted to take in Ethiopia in advance, the people I met had their own ideas about how to be represented that eventually shaped these images. The Tigrayan landscape at hand served as a convenient "studio" backdrop for their self-(re)presentations.
Reisen/The journey
Den blå timen/The blue hour
Utstilling i Fotogalleriet
Tema: "Om frihet" fra Profeten av Kahlil Gibran
"I sannhet, alt beveger seg i deg selv i et evig fullkomment favntak, det du ønsker og det du frykter, det du avskyr og det du setter høyt, det du forfølger og det du flykter fra. Alt dette beveger seg inni deg som lys og skygge, parvis filtret sammen. Og når skyggen viskes ut og forsvinner, vil lyset som står igjen, bli skygge for et annet lys. Og slik skjer det at friheten, når lenkene er fjernet, selv blir lenken om en større frihet" (Kahlil Gibran, 1923).
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