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Camilla Steinum’s exhibition at Kunsthal Thy explores the boundaries between the inner and outer body, their transitions, and how they are perceived. Large spheres hang from the ceiling and beams of the old barn, strung together on ropes that resemble pearl necklaces, while oversized ears on the walls hint at a bodily presence. Both elements are made from toilet paper mixed with wallpaper paste – a material that already suggests a connection between the everyday and the intimate.
Art exhibitions often aim to captivate the eye while keeping the viewers’ bodies at a distance, even disciplining them through prohibitions against touch. The artwork becomes an object of observation, and the viewer a seeing subject. A bodily reaction is only expected from the observing subject if the art object triggers an auratic resonance – right? Steinum’s work Between Uncertainties guides visitors’ movements in the exhibition space by structuring it. Yet, she breaks with the...More
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Camilla Steinum’s exhibition at Kunsthal Thy explores the boundaries between the inner and outer body, their transitions, and how they are perceived. Large spheres hang from the ceiling and beams of the old barn, strung together on ropes that resemble pearl necklaces, while oversized ears on the walls hint at a bodily presence. Both elements are made from toilet paper mixed with wallpaper paste – a material that already suggests a connection between the everyday and the intimate.
Art exhibitions often aim to captivate the eye while keeping the viewers’ bodies at a distance, even disciplining them through prohibitions against touch. The artwork becomes an object of observation, and the viewer a seeing subject. A bodily reaction is only expected from the observing subject if the art object triggers an auratic resonance – right? Steinum’s work Between Uncertainties guides visitors’ movements in the exhibition space by structuring it. Yet, she breaks with the...More
