The starting points for my work are time, location and state. The work takes the form of objects, installations and performances, made individually or in collaboration with others. My interest reveals around places that have a strong connection to the ground. Some are dense, concentrated, overgrown. Others carry the imprint of past activities. Some places open themselves and invite action. The choice of colour and material is crucial. I fold, crease, build, pack, and pleat wool, felt and iron. I do crochet in metal and other coarser materials and experiment with different types of colour. Combining the works with video, photo and audio.

I have directed and participated in several projects, nationally and internationally and taken part in exhibitions, both separately and in groups. A comprehensive solo exhibition, STATE, took place in the winter of 2016-17 at Sundsvall Museum, Sweden. Since 2011 I have been carrying out an extensive project on time and knitting, OWN OUR OWN TIME. The work has been enacted at six specific places in Gjogv/the Faroe Islands, Lerwick/Shetland, Paris/France, Quebec/Canada, Borås/Sweden and Blönduos/Iceland with over 600 participants from many countries. I am a part of the art collective NORRA ORIENTEN who are establishing an Artistic researsh station in the north of Sweden.
Kerstin Lindström


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