emelie carlén

DEEP ACTING

Polished steel, chains, epoxy, glitter, navel piercings, tin, photographs and plexiglass.

Installation views from solo exhibiton at Display, berlin, 2018 and group exhibition rather; DESIRE - !, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, 2017

When the absence of pleasure arise, a drive awakens. Desires are drawn towards what could potentially ease the void. Emotions will unforgivingly link it back to ones body, battling internal feelings. You are performing as expected - As the laboring self. You will find a genuine inner display, becoming the thing you crave. The identification lies in the gap, which loops around the anxiety for the self.

Installation view from group exhibition rather; DESIRE - !, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, 2017