Rekonstruksjoner

Rekonstruksjoner was shown at RAM gallery in Oslo from Februar 27 to April 11, 2010. While developing this work I used my experiencenses from Sjølingstad Uldvarefabrik as a starting point. Rekonstruksjoner was an installation where I introduced visitors to the gallery to a reconstruction process of three fabrics for suits from the 1930s found in the archive at Sjølingstad Uldvarefabrik. The exhibition also consisted of garments made from some of the reconstructed fabrics and a small selection of historical material from the factory. The designer Siv So Hee Steinaa contributed to the project with the concept and design development of the clothes. The process on working towards this exhibition made clear the opportunity that lies in a method of analysis, reconstruction, and the inclusion of process material for me to get close, to a place, the history of a craft discipline, my own practice.

During the process of working with this exhibition I developed or defined a specific method, a way of working that suited me well. Analysis of archive material, reconstruction, and the inclusion of process material made it possible for me to understand more about a place, a process, a craft discipline, my own practice.