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ÅSa Maria hedberg

lives and works in Östersund, Sweden

SEARCH THE ARTIST ONLINE www.asamariahedberg.se

I call my work INvOlvATONS as I always try to include some stage large scale is a passion of mine; I feel the need to work monumentally.
of interactivity between the art work and the art audience/the When it comes to the experience of an installation I make use of the
general public. It is important for me to make noise about issues way my art work could affect people by the means of scale: actual
of such pregnancy that it needs illumination. I work with matters and mental inclusion. A "walk-in-to-sculpture" would make a mind
that make me angry or worried, I naively like to believe my work remember, creating unexpected influence and new thought.
might make a change.
Enabling is another aspect of my work: making possible. Offering art
that invites you to act, to react, to reflect. My art work allows some
kind of participation. When my installation enables actual bodily
somersaults - it is foremost to mirror and make possible mental
turn-arounds, as you go.
Ceramic clay and molten glass are my favorite media - but I do work
in various others. Sometimes I make commissioned large scale
permanent installation or sculpture, other times I work time based;
researching sequence of material and matter. I have a wish to one
day work with research in art.

 GLoWinG ConVersation - sanCtUary oF LiVe, (DETAIl) 2010 OrIgAMI
POrCElAIN (MADE FrOM NEvEr WrITTEN lETTErS) ON POlyCArbONATE
CONSTrUCTION; INTErACTIvE WAlk-IN-TO INSTAllATION WITH bENCH AND vOICE
ACTIvATED TWINklINg lIgHT. 9,8 FT /3 M (DIAMETEr) 8,2 FT /2,5 M (HIgH)
 BraiDeD Visions, (ENTrANCE vIEW, TOP vIEW AND SECTION) 2009 brAIDED
AND SPUN, HIgH FIrED STONEWArE WITH HUNDrEDS OF HOT FOrMED glASS
DETAIlS. rUNS THrOUgH THrEE STOrIES 30,5 FT. /9, 3 M. (HIgH), 20 IN. /50 CM.
(bASE) TO 7 IN. /18 CM. (TOP)
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