The poem Sidder på min fornufts lille gren
from Inger Christensen's first collection of poetry Lys (Light),
is a source of inspiration for Susanne Hangaard’s exhibition “My
erotic childhood”. The main piece is a 3 meter tall porcelain doll
named Joy. The doll refers to the traditional western European
porcelain dolls, as well as the modern Asian ball-jointed dolls, but
of course, Susanne Hangaard’s doll is one-of-a-kind
The doll and the poem feature Susanne’s own childhood memories.
Twelve of them, hand written on small porcelain plates, are hanging
like pearls on a string. The memories point to some of the other
objects in the exhibition which are:
The Oil Can
The Train Woman
The Smurf
The Radio
The Hairtowel
The Tree Trunk
The exhibition is walking on a knife edge in relation to the
sensitive theme of children and their sexuality. The title sounds
provoking, but when you take a closer look at the exhibition, you
find that it is a visual statement for a common, although tabooed,
part of life, that we all know to some extent from our own
childhood.
The text for the 12 "memory plates" can be found
HERE.
A video of
The Radio can be seen
HERE
Photographer: Dorte Krogh