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New work produced at AiR BKN by Aurike Quintelier
During her AiR BKN Aurike Quintelier (BE) has developed a series of 5 "friendly parasites". The enegmatic creatures tells stories of people and nature on Björkö. It transgress and narrates life between human and non-human communication.
Titel: Friendly Parasites (it matters what stories tell stories)Artist: Aurike Quintelier
Material: Chicken wire, textile, yarn, clay, hemp string, audio narrations and a story told by the artist live as during a walk to the installation in the forest. In addition the artist produced a booklet of the project. (At Lokalen one "friendly parasite is presented with out the walk)
Narrator: Åsa Öhrn
Language: Swedish (audio) English intervention during the walk.
Production year: 2021
The work is based on research and
conversations with the community out on Björkö and is an exploration of
landscape and identity as part of a prepatory phase for Quinteliers Phd
studies "Building Out Whispering. Con-structions on the Imagination of Place”, University of Tasmania
"“it matters what stories tell stories” is a quote by Donna Haraway. It matters what thoughts we think thoughts with, it matters what stories we tell other stories with, it matters where we come from and who we are. Can the act of collecting memories, and retelling them within a fictional environment, encourage deep listening?" AQ
The full series is part of the out door exhibition walk taking place on Björkö March 6 and 7th, 2021. If you want to join the walk email to curator @ bjorkokonstnod.se. Free but remember to book your place in advance and state if you want to particiapate on the 6th or 7th (am or pm).
BKN and the artists are following all national pandemic regulations!
Documentation photographs are taken of one of the objects prior to the
exhibition at Lokalen in Norrtälje, Sweden.
More about the artist at the bottom of the page.
Aurike
Quintelier is a visual artist and architect based in Ghent and
Brussels, Belgium. Her practice has many layers, often working
cross-disciplinary, and looks for the places where art and architecture
meet. Driven by idealism and research while operating on a variety of
scales, the projects vary between actual buildings/structures, and more
conceptual projects. In the latter she uses art or architecture to
express herself or to react to a topic she find intriguing (or
enfuriating). Every project has a strong emphasis on experiment and
exploration, trying to find a way to communicate. In function of the
message, the medium changes; medium follows message.
The research Aurike is currently conducting, "Building Out Whispering. Con-structions on the Imagination of Place”,
finds itself on the intersection of architecture and art. It explores
the possibilities of how spatial interventions/integrations can engage
with different aspects of place, space, environment, and make abstract
topics such as climate change and its consequences discussable. Could
these temporary interventions in a landscape help imagine the future
identity of a place? Does our identity as humans shift? The project
focuses on the symbiosis of human and nonhuman, where the human is
considered part of nature, in opposition to the dualism inherent in
western systems of thought. Aurike aims to reveal how all aspects of
place are entangled (its history, geology, possible futures,
eco-systems, etc.) in order to create structures that bring closer
nature and culture.
During her time at BKN Aurike wishes to further develop her research,
in an environment that has a strong link with nature. Through
collaboration and interaction with the island of Björkö, all aspects of
the community and eco-systems, from sea to forest, she gives a first
concrete starting point to the further development of the research.
AiR BKN: January 11 - March 14, 2021
Curator: Anna Viola Hallberg
Björkö Konstnod, Simpnäsvägen 739, SE-76453 Björkö