How did you get into making art?
I started creating photos when I was 16. At first, I shot my first conceptual series in baccalaureate, when a marvelous art teacher handed me the keys to a dusty underused darkroom to be found on the boarding school premises. Later, I enrolled the Copenhagen Media Center (at that time it was only film and photo related), and after what I thought was an enlightening experience, I decided to go to university in Spain (CITM, UPC) and graduated in 2001.
I was lucky to experience the transition from analog to digital, and this matter has been a guiding thread throughout my artwork.
What are you currently working on?
My artistic practice delves into the physicality of human existence amidst a rapidly evolving virtual landscape.
I am currently creating contextualized images with existing, abandoned or tossed graphic material floating in the digital world. After collecting images from the web, I select tiny fragments and rearrange them into digital photomontages. The small fragments are my color palette and I focus on the resized human physique.
It is still so that we can relate to the physical world we live in, really, because our bodies are corporeal, and I explore and acknowledge around this physicality, by bringing ephemeral matter crafted from online fragments back into a bodily environment.
My artistic practice delves into the physicality of human existence amidst a rapidly evolving virtual landscape.
Lisa Pram
What inspired you to get started on this body of work?
A succession of illnesses and accidents in my body led me to focus on this physical and material structure, which is the body of the human being.
I am an avid reader, and throughout my learning I have come across Nietzsche’s and Epicurus’ ideas of the body, which confirmed some of my initial suspicions.
On a more everyday level, I am inspired by the movement of dance and the temperature of the sea water when I dive in for a swim. I am also thrilled to know that there are light wavelengths that my cones do not allow me to see and sound waves that only my stomach can tell. I am passionate about knowing that cells have memory and that the body knows things that the mind could never have imagined.
Do you work on distinct projects or do you take a broader approach to your practice?
My approach is very broad because extremely many issues trigger my curiosity. But once I dive into an idea, I do not let go of the bone –
What’s a typical day like in your studio?
Read, listen, move, computer, siesta, draw, print, scan, select, meet, install, paint, fill in forms, film, write, conversations and repeat.
Who are your favorite artists?
Irene Vallejo
Vanesa Freixa
Gabrielle Zevin
Josefa Tolrá
Ana Vallejo
Petra Cortright
Rachel de Joode
Christine Clemmesen
Sif Itona
Erin O´Keefe
Agnes Varda
Judith Scott
Cooper&Gorfer
La Veronal
Crystal Pite
Marie-Louise Hertog
Gata Cattana
Where do you go to discover new artists?
Online platforms (incl. magazines, newspapers, blogs, libraries, galleries, music-streamers, vimeo) and IG
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