"Glassism"
A photographic project of glass poetry.
(2019 - ongoing )
(2019 - ongoing )
Consept :
The "Glassism" project aims to illustrate relationships to glass as a material and create a sense for glass poetry.
I wish to give glass a new dimension, far away from the many glass objects we take for granted in our everyday life. I want to allow it to stand there like a person, and interact with us. I want to give glass its own chair at the table.
The photographies show various forms of glass that are staged to express interactions with the material. Sometimes the relation becomes tactile. While handling the glass I can feel how much I can make it bend until it breaks, how heavy or light it can be, how far we can play with each other before someone gets hurts. Sometimes it's a vision that takes place. I allow my daydreams to take form and become reality. The relation to glass becomes then theatrical and surrealistic.
Process :
I love every step of the process while making these photographies. First I find a form of glass that inspires me, and I develop ideas for installation and how I can use it in a room. Then comes the production for the material itself. I get endless patience in the making. I created two glass spheres every morning for three months until I had one hundred pieces. I dragged five meters long glass threads for seven hours until I was satisfied with the quantity as a mass. Transporting the glass from the workshop to the photoshoot space is always a challenge! And all in a sudden, here we are. We get settled, we try to find each other in the room. It feels a bit awkward at first, but we keep working until we have defined our own language. So it happens. And we don't stop until I feel that I gave life to the glass.
The "Glassism" project aims to illustrate relationships to glass as a material and create a sense for glass poetry.
I wish to give glass a new dimension, far away from the many glass objects we take for granted in our everyday life. I want to allow it to stand there like a person, and interact with us. I want to give glass its own chair at the table.
The photographies show various forms of glass that are staged to express interactions with the material. Sometimes the relation becomes tactile. While handling the glass I can feel how much I can make it bend until it breaks, how heavy or light it can be, how far we can play with each other before someone gets hurts. Sometimes it's a vision that takes place. I allow my daydreams to take form and become reality. The relation to glass becomes then theatrical and surrealistic.
Process :
I love every step of the process while making these photographies. First I find a form of glass that inspires me, and I develop ideas for installation and how I can use it in a room. Then comes the production for the material itself. I get endless patience in the making. I created two glass spheres every morning for three months until I had one hundred pieces. I dragged five meters long glass threads for seven hours until I was satisfied with the quantity as a mass. Transporting the glass from the workshop to the photoshoot space is always a challenge! And all in a sudden, here we are. We get settled, we try to find each other in the room. It feels a bit awkward at first, but we keep working until we have defined our own language. So it happens. And we don't stop until I feel that I gave life to the glass.
