Testing of ideas in the woods

In collaboration with the workshop in the local prison in Kongsvinger, the second model was made.

To test the ideas I invited a small group of people to actively participate to use the ´Seat with a view´ and to reflect upon the experience of it afterwards.

The first test to make sure it was safe, was done by me, then after the ´security-check´ the little group of people tested it out.

The experience of using it, led to playful reactions and people were pulled out of their own comfortzones and invited to action and reflection. Some people used it as a help-device to climb even further up into the tree, other started pretending to be a bird in the tree and said it made them feel free.

Preparing for photodocumentation and testing of ideas in the woods

´Family of chairs´ an exploration with discarded furniture

One day a familily of discarded chairs knocked at my door. They all had different problems: wear and tear, missing seats etc. I invited them in and started playing, rearranging and new images started emerging.

´Seat with a View´is produced in co-operation with Kongsvinger Fengsel

The second version of ´Seat with a view´ is now ready to pick up at the local prison. I made the first version myself and now the next version is ready for testing out.

If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain

I am interested in looking at the tiny little happenings and rituals in everyday life. 

How can I tranform these tiny little happenings and daily banalities into objects of reflection?

When entering the hallway in my home, there is always a little water on the floor from wet shoes and clothing or from a wet umbrella on a rainy day. Taking a look at the everyday world and these tiny little happening and rituals, and then creating stories and objects from these everyday banalities.

Waste-water on a rainy day, leads to the growth of a plant in your hallway. ´If you want the rainbow, you´ve gotta put up with the rain´

´Para-site´

Can people be encouraged to misbehave when confronted with furniture designed to invite people to break with models of normality?

´Para-site´ (workingtitle) is an attempt to challenge the conformities of seating and systems of conventions related to seating, in this case conventions around the act of sitting. The user is seduced into breaking with good social etiquette, into new rituals and to sit on the table. 

Can a design object be regarded as an embodiment of potencial patterns of behaviour and ideology?

Can a design object draw attention to the boundaries of normal behaviour and thoughts by intervening in everyday situations?

I try to explore the potentially subversive possibillities of this parallel world of illicit pleasures related to the experience around objects, causing a kind of surreal conversation and breaking down the limits suggested to us by normal furniture.

Changing perspective on seating