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Julie Goslinga
Fueled by complex metaphors and confusing desires, this artwork fantasizes about a universe where inner ‘Other’ turmoils can be glorified and praised with dedicated fervour. It finds, however, that these intentions are easily misunderstood. Who is the Other if not just a political tool?
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Through a multitude of perspectives and methodologies, ranging from melodramatic poetry and art-film to 3D-porn and 20th century psycho-analysis, this exploration tries to access its own definition of “Otherness”: what does it mean to be Other? What does it mean to year for an Other(ness)?
Following Sara Ahmed’s philosophies of ethics gives insight on what it might mean to encounter Others ethically. Continuing by turning these insights towards internal landscapes, highly influenced by contemporary psychoanalist Avgi Saketopoulou, a narrative is drawn towards Internal Otherness as the Sexual Unconscious (defined as our non-phenomenal sexualities, that root from traumatic transference) and, supported by Georges Batailles and Susan Sontag, its inherent unknowability.
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‘Other’ is a textiles project that grew into a large body of work, touching on the insignificance of the art we make. In order to create a full body suit I took apart a sweater of mine and re-crocheted it to cover my entire body. As a final etappe, I completely unravelled this suit in a performance.
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In my materials for this project I wished to connect the act of crocheting, which is something I do myself to relax, to the meaning of the material itself: By taking an old sweater apart, which I used to wear when I was younger, I am connecting to my younger self through this act of doing. I am building a safe space for myself from materials I remember. By taking this safe space apart I’m (forcefully) gifting myself the ability to let go and questioning the life-cycle of my artworks: I take it apart now so I don’t have to throw it away later.
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In my materials for this project I wished to connect the act of crocheting, which is something I do myself to relax, to the meaning of the material itself: By taking an old sweater apart, which I used to wear when I was younger, I am connecting to my younger self through this act of doing. I am building a safe space for myself from materials I remember. By taking this safe space apart I’m (forcefully) gifting myself the ability to let go and questioning the life-cycle of my artworks: I take it apart now so I don’t have to throw it away later.
‘The things we haven’t spoken about’ is a video work constructed from four separate interviews. I interview my mother, my sister, my father and myself about a traumatic memory. By cutting out the audio of some parts of these interviews and layering them all over each other the audience is excluded from understanding the whole story: the subject of the interview falls away and rather the focus becomes the bond between us, readable through body language and facial expressions.
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‘The things we haven’t spoken about’ celebrates the interconnections between family members and reflects on the (mis)communications between loved ones.
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‘The things we haven’t spoken about’ celebrates the interconnections between family members and reflects on the (mis)communications between loved ones.