about my workplace

I'm sharing some things about my workplace at Ada Sweden: details about my studio set-up, my working day and what inspires me. (The interview is in Swedish) 

studio stylish

planning land art workshop

Last week, when we still had some snow, I visited a little piece of nature close to a preschool.  I'll be giving a series of land art workshops there in April - but now it was hard to imagine what it will look like in spring. Last year's workshops looked like this (but that was in another location and with another preschool).

April will be full time out doors for me as I will give another series of workshops - like this one - to four more preschools. All-in-all 15 full days (+ preparations and test). I might have to get new rain clothes!

trying to get an overview

I'm sitting at the computer looking at some of the art pieces I made the last 12 months trying to get an overview. I have to make a selection of 10 art pieces for both grants applications and exhibition applications.

I actually have a lot to chose in between and wish I could pick more than 10. As I mostly work in series I want to represent each series with more than one-two photos. This is in many way a luxury-problem though ... last year I felt I had nothing, so this is so much better.

cutting out laughter

Right now I'm cutting out a lot of laughter from fashion magazines as a preparation for my next series. Before I've just tore out the pages, but this time I'm cutting the shapes as well and grouping the laughing women. This way I notice tendencies more than before ...

Women laugh when they dance, when they walk (often with a friend), when they get married, when they are training, when they splash water in their face (a lot!). This is the more "natural laughter". Then we have the interviewed laughter - the obvious posing - then sporty women laugh more often and female designers laugh (male not at all as much). And there are a lot more laughter in summer!

... just noticing ...