blushing curtains

Soft performance, Det hemmelige galleri, Herning, Denmark, 2008
The work was based on research made in collaboration with curator/artist Tijana Miskovic in the city of Herning, where the exhibition where to be shown. We investigated the city and its history and had a shaman, who made a spirit travel for the city the objective being to decipher the “mental” state of the city. It turned out, the city had a very male-dominated energy, so I decided to use the pink colour.

The work was a light installation with magenta-coloured light dimming up and down which made the curtains look like they were blushing, visible from both the inside and the outside of the gallery space.

Curtains were hung in the gallery space and lights were installed behind them. The light dimmed up and down making the curtains and the room “blush”. The aim was to give the town of Herning a feminine touch, after having a session with a local shaman, who pronounced the town as having a very masculine energy.

The installation was also an attempt to communicate the feeling of social anxiety, for instance, when being in a gallery space.