What do they want from me I wonder
SKIN SPACES
Now and before
Unconsciously learned
What do they want
The Process of Healing
SKIN/skin
Burn Survivor
Fragments
Feel me again
Snails in Residency
The strange body paint
About Me & Contact

© Britta Lya Damian 2019

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What do they want from me I wonder

2018

Textile installation and oil on canvas

Arteriet, Kristiansand (NO)


Mostly I use skin as a surface and material for artistic processes. But the skin can also be perceived as a visual barrier from what is hiding inside. What is under the skin is invisible and mysterious. 

My strong interest in biology, psychology and interpretation inspires my work. I am particularly inspired by Jacques Lacan's theory of "the real", which is all that one cannot describe through words or understand through thoughts. What to they want from me I wonder adresses the non-linguistic and our relationship to the unconscious. It examines the influence of the unconscious and unknown on our understanding of ourselves.