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PRANGENDE PLASTIK
PARADOKSER



An installation made by printed fabric on a stretcher, a fabric carpet, fake flowers, and epoxy 

Installed at Aarhus Municipality at the exhibition “Klokken ringer ind.”

Combined with video performance “CONTEMPLATING
THE GREENRING” 08:18 MIN.

2023





Close-up documentation from the exhibition “Klokken Ringer Ind”, Aarhus Municipality, 2023
Credit: Jonathan Vitting Nielsen



Close-up documentation from the exhibition “Klokken Ringer Ind”, Aarhus Municipality, 2023
Credit: Jonathan Vitting Nielsen





        This installation was showcased at Aarhus Municipality in 2023. It 
        features configured maps created by Aarhus Municipality, illustrating 
        green routes throughout the city. Fabric panels display printed 
        collages sourced from municipal documents and Instagram representations 
        of the same areas. On the floor, small sculptures of plastic 
        flowers wrapped in images of green grass (gathered from various 
        sources) add another layer.

        The artwork explores the symbolism of artificial expressions of nature. Flowers, 
        as symbols of love and life, are reimagined here as plastic creations, mimicking 
        nature while enduring far longer than their real counterparts. The installation 
        raises questions: do these artificial representations signify a future shaped by 
        human ingenuity or relics of an industrial past?

        The plastic flower, presented as a decorative object, becomes a 
        vehicle for reflection on our innate need for nature and the ways we 
        manipulate perceptions of naturalness. It invites viewers to consider 
        the evolving relationship between humanity and the environment in 
        an age of industrialized production.