By combining fishing with materials and stories derived from the lake, I am investigating anthropocentrism - the ruler of the lake. Through placebased interactions and a phenomenological approach I went trolling with Vänervård and visited one of few professionell fishermans left, where the profession have been passed down for generations.
Theese works were a part of the artist in residence "På väg 45" in Åmål, 2024 . Åmål Art Gallery functioned as my workspace, open for the public to take part of the work-in- process and to share their own fishing-stories. The stories ended up in a performance by the ”Sjörå/Mistress of the Lake”.
"På väg 45" is a residency collaboration between three municipal art galleries, Trollhättan, Åmål and Vänersborg.
Gone Fishing
A performative installation of fish roe (styrofoam, acryclic), wood, with/without fishing rod
250 x 250 cm
She is a mother, a top predator
Photography, c-print
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Tanning of Pikeskin
photographs by Anton Ohvo
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Performance
documentation by Kajsa G. Eriksson