Det som gör oss
What makes us
in wool, silk and leather
2025
What makes us is a textile work in several parts created specifically for Norberg's municipal centre. The title is intended to evoke the micro-stories that occur in everyday life but which can be of crucial importance. Someone loses their first milk tooth, someone else builds a hut in the forest. Some meet to dance while others meet in a study circle to learn to weave.The work can be seen as a kind of lexicon of everyday life, in which details from the municipal building can also be discerned. The tulip shape is taken from Maud Fredin Fredholm's original textiles from 1958, the space station ISS refers to Teddy Sempinski's mosaic on the gable where Sputnik sails over the village. Both red-listed and so-called invasive species are depicted in the work, which builds a kind of memory of our common present. Perhaps what is undesirable today will be something we long for in 20 years' time?The works are realised thanks to the work of many hands and the artist would like to thank Norberg Municipality and colleagues Helene Karlsson, Terese Molin, Katarina Elvén and Sandra Lundberg.
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