The White Light

This series has received an inspiration from The Lamp in the Paper World series. The Lamp was created to have a two-fold meaning. It can be considered on the one hand as a functional art piece, and on the other hand as an artistic product, as it can produce light, illuminating the space in which it is positioned.

With the intention of blurring the boundaries between art and design, the concept of The White Light emphasises that such boundaries are in fact illusory. The series consists of illuminative objects, each of which can give light and is made of white paper string. Whether the objects are art or design works is not as important as how people experience them. In other words, they are the objects of experience regardless of they being categorised as art or design works or as useful or not.

The series has been exhibited internationally in the following exhibitions:

(1) “Interwoven”, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland, June 2019-March 2020
(2) “TRIP two: Textiles Research in Process”, Design and Architecture Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, August 2015
(3) “Mind Scape”, International Women’s Art Exhibition, The Gallery of Art and Design, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2015
(4) “OrnaMENTAALNE”, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia, June-July 2014
(5) “Coded: Decoded”, The Mall Galleries, London, UK, May 2014
(6) “Time Out, Tendenser 2012”, Gallery F 15, Moss, Norway, March-June 2012
(7) “TRIP: Textiles Research in Process”, Loughborough Design School Gallery, UK, November 2011, The Harley Gallery, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, UK, August-October 2011
(8) “Chandelier – Jewel of Light”, Museum Bellerive, Zürich, Switzerland, December 2010-April 2011
(9) “The White, Light Things”, Gallery Campus, Turku, Finland, July 2010 (solo exhibition)



LIST OF ARTEFACTS

THE WHITE CHANDELIER, 2014
media: paper string, electrical cable, halogen bulbs, knotting
dimensions: 70cm x 70cm x 55cm

THE BLACK CHANDELIER, 2014
media: paper string, electrical cable, halogen bulbs, knotting
dimensions: 70cm x 70cm x 55cm

THE CHANDELIER N0. 3 - THE RAYS, 2012
media: paper string, electrical cable, halogen bulbs, knotting
dimensions: 70cm x 25cm x 60cm

THE CHANDELIER N0. 2 - THE OCTOPUS, 2012
media: paper string, electrical cable, halogen bulbs, knotting
dimensions: 67cm x 67cm x 45cm

THE CHANDELIER N0. 1, 2010
media: paper string, electrical cable, halogen bulbs, knotting
dimensions: 60cm x 60cm x 70cm