Kerstin Hedström – Biding Time

Aluminium, CD’s, linen thread – $15,000 or $2000 each

Kerstin Hedström came from Sweden for an artist’s residency in October 2018 to install Biding Time in the Sculpture Park

A group of sculptures hanging from trees.

They look like insects that have settled down on straws.

There they are, just biding time. Resting, peacefully…patiently.

Kerstin Hedström  says of her work:

The things I’m surrounded by are of great importance to me, especially in moments and phases of my life that hold a lot of emotional weight. Objects become silent witnesses and symbols of events, feelings and experiences.

When my desire is to tell a story through a sculpture or an art installation, I often use these meaningful objects, organised into patterns, surfaces and shapes.

I am a slow person, slow in thought, expression and emotion. This is also reflected in my art – I work with slow-art.

With my work I hope to create meditative places and environments that give room for rest, consideration and contemplation.

I often use recycled objects. Materials that break and reflect light, hence giving optical effects, are often featured in my projects.

The wish to make Biding Time came to me a long time ago. I don´t know how long, maybe twenty years.

Often ideas fade away instantly, but this one never left me. I’ve been carrying it around in the back of my mind, and on my first visit to Wharepuke, in February 2017, I felt that this was the place they had been waiting for.

Kerstin Hedström’s residency at Wharepuke was supported from Sweden by

 

 

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