The publication BEYOND SITE/SIGHT for which I am the editor together with Ida de Wit Sandström, Cecilia Fredriksson, Jörgen Dahlqvist and Robert Willim, and which I have designed, was published during the scientific conference BEYOND SITE/SIGHT.
The conference was organized by CROCUS – an interdisciplinary research network at Lund University for which I am the coordinator. During the conference we discussed the space of culture and the conditions for creativity, placemaking, creative methods, body and materiality, policy and practice, education and cross-border educational collaborations in panels and presentations and through works in the exhibition.
In connection with the conference, participants had the opportunity to reflect on place and placemaking in relation to their own practice. Parts of the reflections were published in the publication Beyond Site/Sight.
As textile designer and researcher, using the sense of place as a starting point is an interesting aspect. Relating to my work, this may differ in relation to specific project, as well as the place. Sometimes I start in the later, building on which scenarios or narratives that can be perceived or understood. Sometimes I start in the aspect of materiality, exploring the space through dimensions and qualities of materials.
What impacts does a material have on a place? How does materiality relate to body and space, and how does the three interact? How can one alter the perception or experience of a place depending on artefacts’ tactility and visuality, trough exploring shape, colour and structure? I am interested in how places can be co-created through adding new materials. Something that I have explored through co-created textile art installations in the urban space, where I have constructed frameworks which I have invited participants to take part in, as well as that I have studied craftivism – activism through textile materials and textile techniques, looking at the role of materiality has in this type of activism.
– Marie Ledendal, Lund UniversityExcerpt from the publication BEYOND SITE/SIGHT
Dahlqvist, J., de Witt Sandström, I., Fredriksson, C., Ledendal, M. & Willim, R. (2024). (Eds.) CROCUS conference BEYOND SITE/SIGHT, Lund: Media-Tryck.