Någon syr, är det du? Det är jag som syr. Jag syr mig själv en ny kropp.

Abstract

In my bachelor’s thesis, I explore the tension between the expected and the unexpected concerning my own body and a doll’s body parts. I was in my bedroom; in my bed, surrounded by piles of fabric, when this work initiated. In this closed room, protected from the possible gaze of others an intimate examination of my own body took place. I study my body’s shape, I feel with my hands, the feeling of my body is stored in my fingers which then recreates the shapes that become a textile doll’s body parts. The intimate encounter that arises between my body and the textile doll is fascinating. For countless hours, my skin touches the textile, and the textile touches my skin. I´m struck by the feeling reminiscent of how an intimate relationship with another human being can be experienced; when I´m not sure where I end and you begin. I then photograph when I interact with the doll’s body parts. They become my dentures, by interfering we become less definable and a new body emerges. A hybrid.