"Recently, I have been thinking more about stories, how they teach us of our worth and our belonging. Over time I have gathered my own teachers. Le Guin, Rebecca Solnit, Ocean Vuong, Anne Carson; writers of the second tale who differ greatly in their practices, but all serve as gathering points – their stories acting as containers where various narrative seeds assemble. Theirs are tales of intersections, hybrid spaces where the self and the world meet. They don’t require a weapon, don’t look for the kill. Rather, they are created by hands that carefully unknot those intricately woven nets to reveal the blue pebble, the life story. And my teachers have their counterparts in visual arts too. For me these count women such as Carolee Schneemann, Rebecca Horn and the French conceptual artist Sophie Calle whose exhibition “Ma mère aimait qu’on parle d’elle” (My mother enjoyed being talked about) is currently showing at the Wilson Saplana Gallery in Copenhagen."
By Malene Engelund
