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This artwork represents one of my first early confrontations with Death: Seeing a dead animal. This is a very normal way for childeren to experience death firsthand, especially when their own pets die.I wanted to reflect on WHICH LIVES are WORTHY? Which lives are worth MOURNING? For some, this animal is completely insignificant, (and almost just trash) — but for others, this is a deeply loved being…I have reflected a lot on this, related to much of the terrible things happening around the world… Both with the climate crisis, natural disasters and forest fires, where countless animals die, due to human factors and destruction…!At the same time, how genocide and war give evil-minded people a view of humanity that is completely reprehensible. How they see PEOPLE as animals, with zero value… (?!) To murder all these innocent people, just because of their own hideous imaginations…Mainly the idea for this work came to me, from memories of when I saw my own cat run over (when I was a young tween). It was a morbid sight, with the cat’s eyeballs hanging out of its fragile skull, and blood on the asphalt. The experience gave me a «reality check» about how the world works, and how we are all just bodies that will die someday — either peacefully or brutally...The artwork is exhibited with an altar underneath, consisting of a handpainted glass plate and candles with wax paint. The candles quotes the Swedish folk song: «Vem kan segla förutan vind?».
The piece is sold separately without the altar.
This piece was for my solo exhibition «a SOFT DEATH, in general», at Bryne Kunstforening (18.04-10.05)
About the exhibition (in Norwegian):
"Utstillinga spring ut av sterke kjensler og inntrykk etter fleire dødsfall i nære relasjonar. Eg har fordjupa meg i tradisjonar kring bisetjing og død, og vekslar mellom perspektivet til den etterlatne og den som skal døy, enten ufrivillig eller frivillig. Eg har utforska både dei fysiske spora dei pårørande sit att med, som arvegods og gjenstandar frå dødsbu, og dei psykiske spora: sorg, sakn, minne, frustrasjon og ønskje. I arbeida mine har eg nytta materiale og teknikkar med symbolsk tyngd, med utgangspunkt i det MJUKE og komfortable tekstile, som ein kontrast til kor «hard» døden kan opplevast. Eg vil tru min bakgrunn innan illustrasjon bringer inn nokon uvanlege visuelle verkemiddel og symbolikk, med mykje innslag av satire.
Eg stiller ut arbeid i tekstil, tre, perler, silketrykk og video-performance."