Mette Clausen
1980, The School of Language, Space and Scale Skolen for Sprog, Rum og Skala http://www.metteclausen.com
Selfmachine (pattern in resistance) / Selvmaskine (mønster i modstand), 2015
The surface is where something meets something else. Where something vibrates. Where emotions and all that comes before language, meets words, materials and systems.
The surface is a place in struggle.
Words are woven and through the repetition of words, patterns and textures appear. Textile is created by threads, interlacing over and under each other. There are two directions. The treads can interlace in many different ways and the language forming the possible combinations are called bindings. A binding is a system in itself.
‘ Today’s public secret is that everyone is anxious. Anxiety has spread from its previous localised locations (such as sexuality) to the whole of the social field. All forms of intensity, self-expression, emotional connection, immediacy, and enjoyment are now laced with anxiety. It has become the linchpin of subordination. […] Excessive anxiety and stress are a public secret. When discussed at all, they are understood as individual psychological problems, often blamed on faulty thought patterns or poor adaptation.’
Selvmaskine (mønster i modstand) / Selfmachine (pattern in resistance), 2015
Overfladen er der, hvor noget møder noget andet. Hvor noget vibrerer. Det er det sted, hvor følelser og alt det, der kommer før sproget, møder ord, materiale og systemer.
Overfladen er et sted i kamp.
Ord væves og via gentagelser af ord dannes mønstre og teksturer. Et stykke stof konstrueres af tråde. Der er to retninger. Trådene kan gå over og under hinanden på mange forskellige måder og det sprog, som udgør de foreliggende mulige kombinationer, kalder man for bindinger. En binding er et system i sig selv.
‘ Today’s public secret is that everyone is anxious. Anxiety has spread from its previous localised locations (such as sexuality) to the whole of the social field. All forms of intensity, self-expression, emotional connection, immediacy, and enjoyment are now laced with anxiety. It has become the linchpin of subordination. […] Excessive anxiety and stress are a public secret. When discussed at all, they are understood as individual psychological problems, often blamed on faulty thought patterns or poor adaptation.’
