Mapping My Mother
2017 – ongoing
For this site specific work I use one of the designs created by my mother, a textile designer, during her years of working at the textile mill. Her designs were printed onto cotton fabrics, which mostly were used in homes for curtains, bed linens etc. By stamping with gold paint a selected floral pattern onto one of the walls in the museums or other places, I attempt to turn a rather trivial pattern into something remarkable and memorable.
The work is an ongoing project and travels with me all over the world as I recreates the design on various walls in different places and countries, where I find the work would resonate with the place and its history. For instance, I silkscreen printed this pattern onto a cover of my book ‘Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear’ as another ‘site’ for mapping my mother.