Project Name: Yatzer interviews Nikoline Liv Andersen
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Fashion Designer: Nikoline Liv Andersen
Working on the intersection between fashion design and visual art, Danish fashion designer Nikoline Liv Andersen creates elaborate garments that are not meant to be worn. Instead, they are almost a stage for experimentation and for telling stories about human nature and our way of life. A graduate of The Danish Design School (2006), Liv Andersen who worked at the studio of John Galliano and Christian Dior in the context of a student internship, creates singular and meticulously crafted pieces of clothing that are also intricate sculptural works of art. The interplay between what is natural and what is artificial is a big part of her work, since she loves experimenting with materials and fabrics, always searching for new ways to transform artificial materials such as straws and nails into something that looks organic. A characteristic example of her work is her collection of Rococo-inspired wigs decorated with monkeys from her previous project, '' The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye '' (2011), which will be presented during this year’s Ventura Lambrate as part of the MINDCRAFT14 exhibition of Danish design in Milan . On this occasion, Nikoline Liv Andersen gave us an interview here at Yatzer and talks about her hybrid artistic identity, the difference between art and design and what inspires her.
Nikoline Liv Andersen / Studio Portrait by Alastair Philip Wiper. Courtesy of MINDCRAFT.
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
''The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye'' by Nikoline Liv Andersen. Photo by Jeppe Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Vanitas / Sketchbook with textile studies made for Saga Furs, 2009 Photographer Michael Daugaard In what way does your work reflect your own world-view and philosophy about life? Quite a lot. Through my work I’m always questioning the meaning of life and trying to understand why we are placed on Earth when we are going to die anyway. At the same time though I’m always in my own craft, my clothes-making, searching for a magical moment. The way I see the world is always a huge inspiration for me, but whether other people understand my point of view is less important. I want people to reflect on their own. Tell us a bit about your most recent project ''Only Angels Have Wings''. What does it consist of? '' Only Angels have Wings '' is a story about a city where people have forgotten about the reason of their existence. They have destroyed all nature, and the Earth is coming to its end. But in the city there is a scientist who has built a machine, with which he fabricates artificial nature as a way to legitimise humans’ existence. In my project I try to visualise this artificial nature with clothes and dolls.
Glory / Photographer Signe Vilstrup, 2009. Do you think there is a distinction between art and craft – I mean, between the art we see in museums and the crafts that we find in fashion studios, furniture workshops etc? There is a huge contrast between art in a museum and design in a store. Design is related to functional matters, while art has to, let’s say, ‘reflect’ in some way. I know that I’m working in between these two worlds: when people ask me if I am an artist or a designer, I tell them that I’m a designer, simply because I’ve been educated as one. But I’m aware that I treat clothing more like an artist than a designer. To be honest, I think that too many people call themselves artists. For me, that’s a rather serious thing to say, it’s a title that you have to live up to. So, what’s next in your agenda? Right now I’m working on something for a big Danish event that will be taking place in May. I can’t say anything else about it right now, but you’ll be able to see more about it on my official Facebook page and Instagram as soon as it’s published. My new solo exhibition at Horsens Art Museum, Denmark will also showcase in May. What do you like the most about what you do? What keeps you going? As I mentioned before, I’m always searching for a magical moment. It is often a moment in the experimental part of the process where even though I find what I was searching for, I didn’t know how to get there when I started. Once you get started you can’t stop. { YatzerTip } Check out the mini version of our interview with Nikoline Liv Andersen in ‘Ventura Lambrate Today’, the official daily tabloid of Ventura Lambrate by DailiesOnTour! Ventura Lambrate Today is freely available at all the locations of Ventura Lambrate, and contains daily reports, interviews, columns, lots of on-the-spot images and – last but not least – the official Ventura Lambrate map to help you find your way around the exhibition district.
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
Dansen med det døvstumme øje / The Dance of the Deaf and Dumb Eye Exhibition at Horsens Museum of Modern Art and Designmuseum Danmark, 2011-2012 Photographer Nicky de Silva
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