Projects & Collaborations
Salto a lo Desconocido
Embroidered paintings and the film Jump Into The Unknown at Nômade Temple, Ibiza, within the Sacred Sun · Total Eclipse programme.
All projectsOle Ukena
Contemporary artist · Textiles, installation, language
Bali · Berlin · UdK Berlin (Meisterschüler)
Centre Pompidou · Palais de Tokyo · Zona Maco
For twenty years, my work has moved between concept-led projects and intuitive making. I do not see them as opposites: ideas can begin as instinct, while intuitive works often reveal their conceptual logic only after they are made.
Jump Into The Unknown
2021 · Directed by Sasha de Laage
Film unavailable here. Watch on YouTube
Notes
All notesIdeas and Concepts That Are Born Through Sleep and Moving Landscapes.
I noticed that there are two places where I seem to get most of my ideas from and I am not sure yet how they are connected. So to share a bit about how I walk through life a bit of the backstory: I always have this nerdy looking fanny with me and in it I carry a little black sketch
Killing the myth of "The Suffering Artist"
I am not really sure who started this whole trend of the "suffering artist" and that somehow the self image of a creative person is a lot of time linked to the idea of enduring hardship and pain. Society loves the stories of artists that kill themselves or have some mental issues
Aonde Vamos? | Exhibition @ Galeria Lume, Sao Paulo
Vernissage: 1st Dec 13H