SILKEN NETWORKS

During my month-long stay in Athens in March 2017, I researched structures that exist within physical and psychological, but also philosophical boundaries. The societal and social spaces that arise from boundaries – especially in relation to historical events in our society and in our private lives – are evident, even if they are mostly invisible. These boundaries I am talking about can also be described as lines that run through our social, historical, political, etc. systems in a variety of ways; they touch, connect and intertwine.

I wove my new insights into countless silk ribbons, which I intertwined, knotted and entwined to form a space-filling, net-like structure that took up the entire exhibition space from the ceiling.  

The subtle colour choice of the ribbons made the structure barely perceptible from the outside. Anyone who wanted to enter the room was immediately physically involved, having to bend down to become part of the dense, matrix-like net. The density of the knots and entanglements confused the eye, making it almost impossible to identify a single, charmingly shiny ribbon. It was a physical and mental experience that could hardly be described, only experienced.