No. 1 Inside - Out. & No. 2 Outside - In // 2019 // Zoom With Your Feet (Make Friends) at Overgaden, projects
The work is an exploration of disagreement between the inside and the outside - what we are hiding and what we are showing. What makes who we are and how we are shaped? The duo is weaving biology together with phenomenons of contemporary relevance, such as identity, reality and virtuality, into their exploration of the relations between the inside and the outside. How are we a result of our biology and structures of the society? Is it really what defines who we are or are we defined by who we choose to be? In No. 1 Inside - Out is about our (rf. humankind) inside; The injected colors are visualizing our genetic manual. In contrast to the scraped off surface of No. 2 Outside - In, which shows how we can shape who we are, while the organic shapes are reminding us, that we actually only exist as bodified objects. Collaboration with Emma Heegaard.
Moving It // 2017 // Exhibited at IsThisKnit? at 3daysofdesign with the textile group Kontempo
Moving It is a sculptural object that shows the flexible properties of knitting in relation to a captured, fixed shape. The small undulating and soft curves in the knit that are fixed in position appears differently with the inflow of light and movement of the surroundings. The accumulation of the knit creates layers and negative space, that makes the knit even more perceptible because it has a sculpture feeling. This can give the audience the urge to look around it because there is no identical side and thereby play around with the free knit to see the possibilities that it has.
The perception of the object changes depending on the audience, situation and surroundings, therefore it can be seen as a constantly moving object and experiment, that can create a narrative about the motion and possibilities of knitting.
A Soft Place // 2017 // Experimental project
Come and Sail // 2018 // Commission work for private customer
Textile // 2017 // Textile print and weaving with recycled plastic bags
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In cooperation with lighting designer Mimi Ravn.
FRONT-BACK // 2018 // Exhibitor at Architecture Before and Now in Skagen, Odde Naturcenter, Denmark.
Working with two of Ulrik Plesner buildings, Skagens Museum and Skagens railway station, Ida and Mimi have created the light installation FRONT-BACK. Both buildings are build with focus on authenticity, simplicity and local materials and appears with their size and facade decoration, as monumental sculptures in the townscape.
However, a building is also all that’s hidden behind the facade and where the museum contains an important tale of the city's history, the railway station has lost its proper function as a railway station.
By drawing parallels to rhythms in the two building façades and the Utzon building, the installation appears from the outside symmetrically and flat as a facade. The inside of the installation contains a pattern of black surfaces that leads one's way through the space. The black surfaces are inspired by the museum's modern extension, that appears tall and uninviting compared to its surroundings.
Human movement through the installation will affect the its expression when viewed from the outside. It is therefore the people who move through the installation that gives it a spatial feel. The light is warm, colored by Skagen's red and yellow colors, and the installation is an abstract interpretation of the buildings appearance and use.
Special thanks to Cosmos Trawl og Kulturhus Kappelborg.
A Soft Spot // 2017 // Carlsberg Byens Galleri & Kunstsalon, Copenhagen.
Interior and lighting design // 2017 // Reflektor Light Festival, Copenhagen
2017 // Experimental project
I have been working with making a flexible common room for a experimental housing project, Søkvæsthuset in Copenhagen. The idea was to bring people together and make them want to spend most of their time in the common room. All kind of activities should therefore be possible. I designed portable tufted carpets and weaved cushions that makes it possible for the user to create their personal space but also to be a part of the joint activities. The carpets have a softness that invites the user to lay down and hang out, while the cushions can be used as a back rest against a wall but can also be placed on top of each other as a stool. The scapes, colors and materials are inspired by the Danish baroque style of the building, to show the beauty in the old building.
