The aim of this thesis is to cultivate an artistic practice allowing for a more attentive relationship to the physical matter of one’s immediate surroundings. Situated at the intersection of urban environments and nature, the project investigates how the human and the more-than-human are continuously interwoven. Through extensive fieldwork in Paris’s 18ème Arrondissement in France and Hållsviken bay in Sweden, image-making and material processes are explored as methods for sensing and relating to space. By treating found materials as active participants rather than passive supports, the making of pigments, textures, and structures becomes a form of speculative landscaping. Textile theory acts as a conceptual framework, while post-humanism and phenomenology support the argumentation to better understand embodied and relational experiences. The study of a Renaissance tapestry at the Louvre’s collections, in dialogue with two older historical textiles, connects material practices of the past and present, situating the project within current dilemmas of climate change, consumption and technology. Poetic references of literature become tools to further reflect on human agency, and our malfunctioning relationship to the environment in contemporary Western culture. The project proposes spatial textile-based installations, constructed as portable and reconfigurable structures, as a way to engage singular moments in spontaneous and immersive spaces.

Authors:
Gösta von Platen, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Sweden

About the Presenter(s)
Gösta von Platen is currently finishing the master's program CRAFT! at Konstfack University of Art, Craft and Design. With a more-than-human approach he makes speculative cloths investigating sensuous relationships of materials and environments.

Connect on Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gösta-von-platen-122025153/

Additional website of interest
https://gostavonplaten.com

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