Please, don’t swipe me! Upgrade the system. Just do it.

Performance and textile installation

2016

About the project

The project was a visual manifesto exploring the relationship between psychology, fashion and sustainability through themes of consumption, time, identity and movement.

Please, don’t swipe me! Upgrade the system. Just do it. was a solo exhibition at Steneby Konsthall in Dals Långed, from 13 January to 4 February 2016. It was presented in connection with Amandah L’Narte’s time as Steneby’s first artist in residence.

Printed textiles and scarves hung freely in the room alongside suspended garments and draped busts. Knitted samples, yarn and printed fabrics also revealed the material exploration behind the installation.

Special thanks to:

Freja Wesik, Hedda Bauer, Josefin Wilkens and Théa Thorheim, who took part as dancers and performers at Steneby.

The music was created by Björn Olsson in collaboration with Amandah L’Narte.

Please, don’t swipe me! Upgrade the system. Just do it. returned as a performance and textile installation at Stockholm Music & Arts on Skeppsholmen, from 29 to 31 July 2016.

Four tall banners printed in neon yellow, pink, burgundy, black and white stood in the park. In front of them, performers lay on black plinths, draped in textiles from the work. The installation brought together pattern, body and movement within the festival setting.

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