Tingens stilla liv. Ett utforskande projekt om relationer mellan ting och människor

Abstract

We are surrounded by things. They have their own personalities. Some evokes our emotions. We want to own them. We develop strong relationships to each other. Some of them keep us company, others feel like a part of us. They tell us stories and helps us remember. They are our memories. This is a project exploring the relationship between objects and humans. In the project I am searching for factors that can take part in creating emotional bonds to an object. Sometimes an object/thing is treated as something almost living, with its own personality. How can a dead thing/object get its own personality? A part of this project is a search for the lack or existence of a soul in an object. The definition of a soul as a part of something living, makes it interesting to search for it in something that is obviously dead. Drawing and experimenting with what happens if furniture are being treated as persons/pets/dolls/something living has been important tools in the project. The chair and the mirror gets a lot of attention and in the end of the project forms their own relationship. This relationship results in an union; mirror-chairs. “The Self”, wich are chairs with mirrors to be able to hang out with yourself/your chair. The chairs can also hang out with themselves.