Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø

Artist statement

Using my own body as a starting point, I interact with the world around me.
I am fascinated with the concept that one can create and re-create oneself through actions and so with my body make spaces into being.

In my artistic practice I see myself as a collector of a sort, a story teller documenting parts of daily life that are often overlooked.
In my work I wish to interact with the mundane and to question its existence and its structures, and then I try to approach it all with a playful attitude in order to highlight the absurdity of life.

The public sphere has become a returning interest for me: the space in between private and public, human interactions, social behavior and the performative element of day to day life. To me there is poetry living in public spaces, as there is poetry and power in mundane habits of everyday life.