"Homo Faber" - Bangkok, Thailand - 2015
”Soft and hard diary”
Silpakorn University Art Center
Bangkok 12 nov 2015
Jennifer Forsberg
In this project I intend to investigate my artistic - ceramic - personal process of a given timeframe.
There is an open beginning with loose threads to start off with, but a firm deadline for closing the
process and move on to a second stage; the exposition of the work in a public setting.
The project is called ”Soft and hard diary”. The title can be read both literally - it is a project where
soft and hard material is used, and where transformation between soft and hard is central.
It can also be interpreted metaphorically as the objects are visual representations of a diary
I am interested in how material, structure, weight, texture, color, form - objects - holds meaning that
goes further than the object itself - it becomes a vocabulary of its own.
For my research and work, I find that the area of crafts and ceramics is a rich source. It has strong
connections to a daily life, material and objects of use has both a common understanding as well
as significant and personal narratives.
The project starts with a few objects and painting/drawings that are assembled to form a frame for
the installation. The objects are the results of different exercises, beginnings, ends and
experiments in my studio. I want to go in dialogue with these objects in an open workprocess to
further explore and create a narrative. The process stops when the exhibition opens.
