Fine Arts
Miriam Kongstad+
Miriam Kongstad (DK, 1991) is an artist and performer.
Her work is fuelled by a strong interest in the human body and the social and political regimes surrounding it. As a synthesis of modalities her artistic output takes form as sculpture and installation, assemblage, sound, poetry and performance.
From a socio-anthropological angle, Kongstad researches embodiment, affect, naturalized movements and their identifications in popular culture.
Kongstad predominantly works with material extensions of the human body: foods, beauty products, fashion, technology, pornography, toys, fitness equipment. She activates these materials as a way of laying bare the systems through which power is reproduced, felt and fought against on a bodily level. In this regard recurring themes in her practice include female identity, childhood and adolescence, sexuality, identification and human enhancement.
The Onset of Fever by Miriam Kongstad (Odense, Denmark, 1991) is a touching and intense installation in which a human-like figure is the centerpiece. The creature is titled Foetus and is for the most part made out of concrete. The sexual pose and odd face with glass eyes make the sculpture alienating. A large wire is connecting it to the other sculpture, titled Corpus. Where Foetus still has human-like characteristics, they cannot be recognized in the corpus. Together the sculptures form a dystopian installation that raises questions about our relationship to the world around us: Kongstad seems to ask whether we have become totally alienated from our immediate surroundings and even from other human beings.
Special thanks: This project sponsored by Raddraaier
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