Hesselholdt & Mejlvang: Almost not spoken yet
With Almost not spoken yet, the artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang present a sensual and poetic total installation, where visual, tactile and auditory elements are woven together into a larger experience.
The exhibition examines the connections that bind us together across continents, cultures and generations, and it focuses on the common 鈥淲e鈥� in a world that focuses on fragmentation. The audience is invited to reflect on our global history and cohesion as well as the exchanges of materials, crafts, visual expressions, ideas, food culture and ways of life that have shaped our common existence over time.
Almost not spoken yet insists on a language that transcends the vocabulary of division and instead emphasizes humanity, care and presence. Central to the exhibition is the origin of the materials and the time-consuming, careful processing that lies behind each individual work.
Textiles play a consistent role in the exhibition. Over the years, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang have collected fabrics from countries around the world 鈥� textiles with clear signs of use, which carry stories and traces of past lives. Flag-like objects, decorated with intricately embroidered motifs and phrases taken from news media, travels and books, function as echoes from reality. Several of the textiles are mounted on flagpoles made of varying types of wood and shapes 鈥� each with its own story of origin and meaning.
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With Almost not spoken yet, the artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang present a sensual and poetic total installation, where visual, tactile and auditory elements are woven together into a larger experience.
The exhibition examines the connections that bind us together across continents, cultures and generations, and it focuses on the common 鈥淲e鈥� in a world that focuses on fragmentation. The audience is invited to reflect on our global history and cohesion as well as the exchanges of materials, crafts, visual expressions, ideas, food culture and ways of life that have shaped our common existence over time.
Almost not spoken yet insists on a language that transcends the vocabulary of division and instead emphasizes humanity, care and presence. Central to the exhibition is the origin of the materials and the time-consuming, careful processing that lies behind each individual work.
Textiles play a consistent role in the exhibition. Over the years, Hesselholdt & Mejlvang have collected fabrics from countries around the world 鈥� textiles with clear signs of use, which carry stories and traces of past lives. Flag-like objects, decorated with intricately embroidered motifs and phrases taken from news media, travels and books, function as echoes from reality. Several of the textiles are mounted on flagpoles made of varying types of wood and shapes 鈥� each with its own story of origin and meaning.
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