Thoughts, whether in philosophy or in science and art, cannot be separated from the thinker, as they cannot be separated from the community of thinkers and researchers either.

I have been working with installations since the early 1980s. Evolution of the human mind, especially the interconnectedness of matter and mind and the emergent properties connected to this, are the important constituents of my studies, and can be seen as allegorical reflections in my work.

I ́m wondering how we effect our world by perceiving it, experiencing it and living it. This is what I mean with the expression “matter and mind“. For where does the mind end and the “world” begin?

For me the world is not a given place outside us, my approach is phenomenological; the world unfolds in correlation with our own cultural and mental development, with our broadening cognition and knowledge. This is an interdependent and ongoing process.

My installations are allegorical and poetical reflections on this exploration. Can I express myself as an artist on this subject matter? Yes I can and I should, as art is the medium where you can approach the world from a different angle; art is therefore the special vantage point to the world.

-As Maurice Merleau-Ponty has stated: “To interpret and express “that which is” -is an endless task both for a philosopher and an artist.

I ́m not trying to find scientifical answers by my artwork, but to rather reflect questions, thougths, feelings and perspectives, also the beauty of life. My installations manifest those impressions which cannot be precisely expressed by words. They are visual markings of “that which is”.

My formal language as an artis is therefore manyfold; I like to combine serial symmetry and minimalism with natural forms, as I understand that the both extremes are representative in the nature: on the micro-level we can see strict mathematical series, forms and geometry; on the macro-level the natural forms become lush and versatile.

As an artist I feel both the form-worlds as natural and can therefore not be excluding either of them; as they represent universal forms which are also manifesting in us humans.