Emelie Röndahl’s exhibition “Crying Pixels”

Emelie Röndahl, one of this year’s guests of the “Designer in Residence” program, will present her solo exhibition “Crying Pixels” on November 10th from 7PM, at the Transformart Gallery in Belgrade. The exhibition will be opened until November 20th.

I call it crying pixels, the free threads that hang out from my woven tapestries. Droopy, sad faces, made from the serial repetition of the ghiordes knot, more commonly named the rya knot in Sweden. Yarns are tied in rows between rows of plain weave. The picture grows slowly from one side to another, similar to a printout from an exceptionally slow printer. I weave rya tapestries, wall hangings; hairy, tactile and fluffy dust collectors. My motivation is to capture the viewer’s attention and provoke a hidden longing for putting fingers into stuff without knowing what is down there. My outcome, so far, tells me that the hairy picture triggers feelings of coziness alongside feelings of disgust evoked by dust and dirt. This crossing point reminds us of memories from childhood.  (author’s statement)

Emelie Röndahl (1982) is a weaving artist, who works specifically with the weaving technique of the ghiordes knot, also known as the traditional Scandinavian rya knot, making figurative tapestries. She earned a MFA in Crafts in 2012 at Academy of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg, Sweden. She is currently undertaking PhD studies in Crafts started 2016, at the same academy, making a practice-led project with the working title Crying Pixels: a practitioner’s narrative through woven rya – aspects on time in hand made practice. Currently, she is one of the guest designers at Nova Iskra, within the ‘’Designer in Residence’’ program.