Hey, My Gender Is Up Here
Wasted Resource 2023-24
Glazed Ceramic, Metal, Water, Mixed-media
A humanoid figure with disproportionately long thighs, kneeling on top of a square, cage-like platform in gray, untreated metal. Water leaks from its chest and runs down its stomach and in between its spread thighs, leaving the platform rusting where the water lands.
As much as Wasted Resource is about love, about societal constrictions and disconnect, it is also a representation of a non-binary experience. A self portrait that carries both insecurities and idealizations, a body distorted under the pressure of an appearance-centric and heavily binary culture. Frozen in a moment between either kneeling or getting up, the sculpture’s backwards hanging arms and downwards tilted head signifies a sort of acceptance and grief, yet there is a sort of strength in its wide posture and steady shoulders.
Due to the metallic surface and the water feature, the sculpture becomes reminiscent of a bronze statue or public fountain, one that could be found in any cityscape. A fantasy of queer representation.
Photography: Alexandra Marina Furubacka
Go piss Girl 2023-24
Glazed Ceramic, Aluminium, Water, Mixed-media
The sculpture installation depicts a humanoid figure urinating on a patch of green grass, arms resting on its thighs. Its limbs are disproportionately sized, its eyes lack pupils and it has four fingers on each hand. In the grass around it, lies three heads, of which one is white and cracked in pieces.
The combination of the environment and the varyingly foreign features of the being, raise questions about its whereabouts and its humanity. Perhaps it lacks the social rules and stigma around its body and the act of urinating, stripping it from the presumption of shame or defiance of anything.
Go piss Girl is a non-binary body transformed under the gaze. It attempts to reclaim its
autonomy and narrative through vulgarity. With all its odd features, it strays from its
preconceived humanity and subsequently its provocative intention, encouraging
conversation about the norms and assumptions that surround our bodies and the socially constructed and performative roles we inhabit.
Photography: Benjamin Nordström, Marko Marin